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Epidemiological risk sratification of malaria in the Américas

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
During the last years, malaria had a significant increase in Latin America, emerging again as one critical health problem in the Region of the Americas. More than 1.04 million new cases were reported in 1990.
Carlos Castillo-Salgado
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Study of risk factors associated with the development of malocclusion [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013
Background/Aim. Research of the most common causes of irregularities of jaws and teeth is designed in order to find the most efficient mode of their prevention.
Petrović Đorđe, Vukić-Ćulafić Branka, Ivić Stojan, Đurić Milanko, Milekić Bojana   +4 more
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Population-Attributable Risk Estimates for Risk Factors Associated with Campylobacter Infection, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
In 2001–2002, a multicenter, prospective case-control study involving 1,714 participants >5 years of age was conducted in Australia to identify risk factors for Campylobacter infection.
Russell J. Stafford, Philip J. Schluter, Andrew J. Wilson, Martyn D. Kirk, Gillian Hall, Leanne Unicomb   +5 more
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Trends in the Annual Consultation Incidence and Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Osteoarthritis in England from 2000 to 2019: Comparative Estimates from Two Clinical Practice Databases

Clinical Epidemiology, 2022
Dahai Yu,1 Matthew Missen,1 Kelvin P Jordan,1 John J Edwards,1 James Bailey,1 Ross Wilkie,1 Justine Fitzpatrick,2 Nuzhat Ali,2 Paul Niblett,2 George Peat1 1Primary Care Centre versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ...
Yu D, Missen M, Jordan KP, Edwards JJ, Bailey J, Wilkie R, Fitzpatrick J, Ali N, Niblett P, Peat G   +9 more
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Effect of reminders on mitigating participation bias in a case-control study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2011
Background Researchers commonly employ strategies to increase participation in health studies. These include use of incentives and intensive reminders.
Rodrigues Laura C, Higgins Craig D, Tam Clarence C   +2 more
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Role of Ascertainment Bias in Determining Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021
Case fatality rate (CFR) is used to calculate mortality burden of COVID-19 under different scenarios, thus informing risk-benefit balance of interventions both pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical.
Maia P. Smith
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Prescription opioid dispensing patterns among patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

BMC Psychiatry
Background Patients with schizophrenia (SZ) or bipolar disorder (BD) may have increased risk of complications from prescribed opioids, including opioid-induced respiratory depression.
Brittany D. Roy, Jianheng Li, Cathy Lally, Sarah C. Akerman, Maria A. Sullivan, James Fratantonio, William Dana Flanders, Madé Wenten   +7 more
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware, Colter K. Clayton, Fang Wang, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Kyla Shelton, Tara M. Brinkman, Victoria Willard, Katianne M. Howard Sharp, Kevin Krull, Lindsay F. Schwartz, Melissa M. Hudson, Gregory T. Armstrong, Kirsten K. Ness, Rachel T. Webster   +13 more
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A narrative review of norovirus epidemiology, biology, and challenges to vaccine development

npj Vaccines
Norovirus is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) globally. AGE resulting from norovirus causes significant morbidity and mortality in countries of all income levels, particularly among young children and older adults.
Katherine B. Carlson, Anne Dilley, Thomas O’Grady, Jordan A. Johnson, Ben Lopman, Emma Viscidi   +5 more
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Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in 23 U.S. Hospitals

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
Antimicrobial resistance is increasing in nearly all health-care–associated pathogens. We examined changes in resistance prevalence during 1996–1999 in 23 hospitals by using two statistical methods.
Project Hospitals, Scott K. Fridkin, Holly A. Hill, Nataliya V. Volkova, Jonathan R. Edwards, Rachel M. Lawton, Robert P. Gaynes, John E. McGowan   +7 more
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