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Tungiasis Infestation in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Tungiasis is caused by the jigger flea Tunga penetrans. We describe a case of severe infestation from Kigoma region, Western Tanzania. A 19-year-old male with epilepsy and mental disability presented with ulcerated and inflamed toes. Clinical examination
Behamana, Emmanuel   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Use of Symptomatic Drug Treatment for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis and Patterns of Work Loss

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the use of central stimulants and amantadine for fatigue in MS and evaluate a potential association with reduced work loss in people with MS. Methods We conducted a nationwide, matched, register‐based cohort study in Sweden (2006 to 2023) using national registers with prospective data collection.
Simon Englund   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐COVID Fatigue Is Associated With Reduced Cortical Thickness After Hospitalization

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuropsychiatric symptoms are among the most prevalent sequelae of COVID‐19, particularly among hospitalized patients. Recent research has identified volumetric brain changes associated with COVID‐19. However, it currently remains poorly understood how brain changes relate to post‐COVID fatigue and cognitive deficits.
Tim J. Hartung   +190 more
wiley   +1 more source

About the characteristics of «internal» and «external» epidemiological risks in the territory Rostov region

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2020
Objective: to identify some «internal» and «external» risks that are signifi cant for the Rostov region and calculate their quantitative characteristics.Materials and methods: materials for «internal» risks in the administrative territories of the Rostov
A. A. Kononenko, S. S. Vodyanitskaya
doaj   +1 more source

AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISCUSSING FARM BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE FOR CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies farm business interruption insurance for Classical Swine Fever epidemics. Insight into the size of risk is obtained by a very detailed Monte-Carlo simulation model that includes both epidemiological and economic factors. The paper also
Black, J. Roy   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Placental weight and mortality in premenopausal breast cancer by tumor characteristics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Placental weight may be regarded as an indirect marker of hormone exposures during pregnancy. There is epidemiological evidence that breast cancer mortality in premenopausal women increases with placental weight in the most recent pregnancy.
Adolfsson, J.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-specific association between blood pressure and vascular and non-vascular chronic diseases in 0·5 million adults in China: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2018
Summary: Background: The age-specific association between blood pressure and vascular disease has been studied mostly in high-income countries, and before the widespread use of brain imaging for diagnosis of the main stroke types (ischaemic stroke and ...
Ben Lacey, FFPH   +186 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological Reservations about Risk Assessment

open access: yes, 1985
The term risk assessment is used to describe three quite different types of activity, two of which are reasonably well-founded, and one of which is not. The fundamental problem is, of course, that reliable evidence of human hazard exists for only a few dozen of the thousands of chemicals that are of potential concern. Where it does exist, there should,
openaire   +3 more sources

Sexually transmitted infection as a risk factor for homosexual HIV transmission: a systematic review of epidemiological studies

open access: yes, 2000
Existing reviews suggest some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are risk factors in heterosexual HIV transmission. This may not be so in homosexual HIV transmission, about which reviews make no specific conclusions.
Bonell, C, Hickson, F, Weatherburn, P
core   +1 more source

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