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Assessment of Neonate's Congenital Hypothyroidism Pattern Using Poisson Spatio-temporal Model in Disease Mapping under the Bayesian Paradigm during 2011-18 in Guilan, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Neonatology, 2020
Background: Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the reasons for mental retardation and defective growth in neonates. It can be treated if it is diagnosed early. The congenital hypothyroidism can be diagnosed using newborn screening in the first days
Bahare Gholami Chaboki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presence and Multi-Species Spatial Distribution of Oropouche Virus in Brazil within the One Health Framework

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Oropouche virus (OROV) is an emerging vector-borne arbovirus with high epidemic potential, causing illness in more than 500,000 people. Primarily contracted through its midge and mosquito vectors, OROV remains prevalent in its wild, non-human primate and
Sofia Sciancalepore   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progress on application of spatial epidemiology in ophthalmology

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
Most ocular diseases observed with cataract, chlamydia trachomatis, diabetic retinopathy, and uveitis, have their associations with environmental exposures, lifestyle, and habits, making their distribution has certain temporal and spatial features based ...
Cong Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geospatial Analysis and Mapping Strategies for Fine-Grained and Detailed COVID-19 Data with GIS

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is showing dramatic impact across the world. Public health authorities attempt to fight against the virus while maintaining economic activity.
Angel Miramontes Carballada   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of a Vaccination Program Based on Epidemic Geospatial Attributes: COVID-19 Pandemic in Ohio as a Case Study and Proof of Concept

open access: yesVaccines, 2021
Geospatial vaccine uptake is a critical factor in designing strategies that maximize the population-level impact of a vaccination program. This study uses an innovative spatiotemporal model to assess the impact of vaccination distribution strategies ...
Susanne F. Awad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Allelic association and disease mapping [PDF]

open access: yesBriefings in Bioinformatics, 2001
The application of allelic association to map genes for complex traits, particularly using high-density maps of single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate regions, is an area of very active research. Here we present some aspects of the methodology and applications to both major gene mapping, which illustrates the effectiveness of the method, and ...
Sarah Ennis   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Spatiotemporal analysis of regional TIA trends

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2022
BackgroundThere has been a decline in the stroke incidence across high income countries but such knowledge exists at Country or State rather than areal unit level such local government area (LGA).
Andrew Kawai   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Plasmodium falciparum transmission patterns through parasite prevalence and entomological inoculation rate

open access: yeseLife, 2021
Background: Monitoring malaria transmission is a critical component of efforts to achieve targets for elimination and eradication. Two commonly monitored metrics of transmission intensity are parasite prevalence (PR) and the entomological inoculation ...
Benjamin Amoah   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of anti-contagion policies with the spread of COVID-19 in United States

open access: yesJournal of Public Health Research, 2022
Background: The outbreak of a novel coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or COVID-19, raised worldwide concern.
Ali Faghani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elucidating the spatially varying relation between cervical cancer and socio-economic conditions in England

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Geographics, 2011
Background Geographically weighted Poisson regression (GWPR) was applied to the relation between cervical cancer disease incidence rates in England and socio-economic deprivation, social status and family structure covariates.
Cheng Edith MY   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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