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Effects of immunization in small-world epidemics [PDF]

, 2001
The propagation of model epidemics on a small-world network under the action of immunization is studied. Although the connectivity in this kind of networks is rather uniform, a vaccination strategy focused on the best connected individuals yields a ...
Kuperman, Marcelo, Zanette, Damian H.
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Analyzing Recent Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends in Tunisia between 1997 and 2009. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: In Tunisia, Cardiovascular Diseases are the leading causes of death (30%), 70% of those are coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths and population studies have demonstrated that major risk factor levels are increasing.
A Briggs, B Frank, B Unal, CJ Murray, ES Ford, H Ben Romdhane, H Ghozzi, Habiba Ben Romdhane, J Critchley, J Mant, JA Critchley, Jane-Lise Samuel, Julia A. Critchley, K Bennett, L Palmieri, M Elasmi, Martin O’Flaherty, MR Law, Nadia Ben Mansour, Olfa Saidi, R Bouguerra, R Fakhfakh, R Fakhfakh, S Capewell, S Mendis, Simon Capewell, SK Kumanyika, T Laatikainen, TA Gaziono   +28 more
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Research needs for an improved primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) projected to become leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, research is needed to improve the primary care response, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abegunde, Adeyi, Anonymous, Bach, Beaglehole, Chan, Coovadia, Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences, Craig, Daar, Harries, Harries, Kumwenda, Maher, Maher, Maher, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ooms, Sanders, Setel, Sewankambo, Suhrcke, Tollman, United Kingdom Department for International Development, WHO, WHO, WHO, Wilkinson, World Diabetes Foundation   +29 more
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Phylodynamics of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe, 2005-2010: Potential for Molecular Surveillance of New Outbreaks. [PDF]

, 2015
Previous Bayesian phylogeographic studies of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) explored the origin and spread of the epidemic from China into Russia, indicating that HPAIV circulated in Russia prior to its detection there in 2005 ...
Alkhamis, Mohammad A, Moore, Brian R, Perez, Andres M   +2 more
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Mortality and Epidemiological Transition of the Lithuanian Population in 1849–1921

Sociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas, 2022
With the modernization of societies, mortality is one of the key factors in the process of population change. Mortality since the middle of the 20th century in Lithuania has been widely studied in various aspects. However, the previous historical period
Dovilė Bugienė
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Cannabis; epidemiological, neurobiological and psychopathological issues: an update [PDF]

, 2017
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Maria Antonietta De Luca, Gaetano Di Chiara, Cristina Cadoni, Daniele Lecca, Laura Orsolini, Duccio Papanti, John Corkery, Fabrizio Schifano, 'Cannabis; Epidemiological ...
Cadoni, Cristina, Corkery, John, De Luca, Maria Antonietta, Di Chiara, Gaetano, Lecca, Daniele, Orsolini, Laura, Papanti, Duccio, Schifano, Fabrizio   +7 more
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Epidemiological Transition of Stroke in China? [PDF]

Stroke, 2008
See related article, pages 1668–1674. Results from the long-term surveillance of stroke as part of the Sino-MONICA project in Beijing, published in this month’s issue of Stroke , show marked changes in both stroke incidence and stroke subtypes.1 The authors conclude that characteristics of the stroke transition found over 2 decades and which ...
Truelsen, T., Bonita, R.
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Comparison of Cardiovascular Disease Burden between Brazil and Denmark (1990–2021) Based on Global Burden of Disease: Availability of Universal Health System Is Not Enough

Global Heart
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. High-income countries such as Denmark achieved sustained reductions, whereas middle-income countries such as Brazil continue to face high mortality ...
Raphael Mendonça Guimarães, Isabella Tredler Zajdhaft, Laís Pimenta Ribeiro dos Santos, Leonardo Graever, Alixandre Vieira Araujo, Davidis Bechelli Correia da Silva, Eduarda Sanglar Sobreira, Sara Amaral Evangelista, Giulia Teixeira Monteiro Soares, Luiz Carlos Schrotke Pires, Viviane Gomes Parreira Dutra, Helena Dominguez   +11 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
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