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Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases

Electronic Physician, 2017
Molecular epidemiology (ME) is a branch of epidemiology developed by merging molecular biology into epidemiological studies. In this paper, the authors try to discuss the ways that molecular epidemiology studies identify infectious diseases’ causation ...
Sana Eybpoosh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Ehsan Mostafavi, Abbas Bahrampour,, Kayhan Azadmanesh, Farzaneh Zolala   +5 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2005
Epidemiology is very successful in identifying environmental and lifestyle factors that increase or reduce risk of specific cancers, leading to cancer prevention strategies. However, the etiology of many types of cancer is still poorly understood, despite extensive use of questionnaires and interview-based approaches in conventional epidemiologic ...
Yen-Ching Chen, David J Hunter
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Molecular Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis is an active research area in China. The use of genotyping and subtyping tools in prevalence studies has led to the identification of unique characteristics of Cryptosporidium infections in humans and animals ...
Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao
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Tools for molecular epidemiology of leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2004
Molecular biology provides a range of tools for epidemiological investigations. So far, there has been limited application of molecular epidemiology in leishmaniasis research.
Mauricio, I
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Estimation of the mutation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cases with recurrent tuberculosis using whole genome sequencing

Scientific Reports, 2022
The study of tuberculosis latency is problematic due to the difficulty of isolating the bacteria in the dormancy state. Despite this, several in vivo approaches have been taken to mimic the latency process.
Jessica Comín, Alberto Cebollada, Aragonese Working Group on Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis (EPIMOLA), Sofía Samper   +3 more
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Analysis of Mycobacterium africanum in the last 17 years in Aragon identifies a specific location of IS6110 in Lineage 6

Scientific Reports, 2021
The purpose of this study was to increase our knowledge about Mycobacterium africanum and report the incidence and characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) due to their lineages in Aragon, Spain, over the period 2003–2019. The study includes all the cases in
Jessica Comín, María Luisa Monforte, Sofía Samper, Aragonese Working Group on Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis (EPIMOLA), Isabel Otal   +4 more
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Molecular types of Cryptococcus species isolated from patients with cryptococcal meningitis in a Brazilian tertiary care hospital

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
There are limited data on the molecular epidemiology of cryptococcosis in Brazil. Here, we report on the identification of the molecular pattern of the Cryptococcus species that caused meningitis in patients admitted in a Brazilian reference tertiary ...
Fernanda Wirth, Maria Isabel Azevedo, Luciano Z. Goldani   +2 more
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STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology--Molecular Epidemiology STROBE-ME: an extension of the STROBE statement. [PDF]

, 2011
Advances in laboratory techniques have led to a rapidly increasing use of biomarkers in epidemiological studies. Biomarkers of internal dose, early biological change susceptibility and clinical outcomes are used as proxies for investigating the ...
David H. Phillips, Schoket, B, Peter B Farmer, Dep IRAS, G. Matullo (7601792), Vermeulen Roel, Giuseppe Matullo, Valentina Gallo, Kirsch-Volders, Micheline, B. Schoket (7601798), Porta Miquel, Kirsch-Volders, M, R. Vermeulen, Miquel Porta, Wild Christopher, Egger, M, Phillips, David, Gallo Valentina, Egger, M., Phillips, D.H., Phillips, DH, Vineis, P., Farmer, P.B., Porta, M, John P.A. Ioannidis, John P. A. Ioannidis, C. Wild, McCormack Valerie, Porta, Miquel, Porta, M., U. Stromberg (7601801), Lund University., M. Egger, Roel Vermeulen, Stromberg, U., Ioannidis, John P. A., Matullo, Giuseppe, Farmer, Peter B, P. Vineis (7601795), David H Phillips, Christopher Wild, McCormack, Valerie, Schoket Bernadette, B. Schoket, Farmer, PB, John P A Ioannidis, G. Matullo, Stromberg, U, Ioannidis, JP, Wild, C., Farmer, Peter B., Ulf Stromberg, Valerie McCormack, Matullo Giuseppe, V. Gallo (7601771), Vineis, Paolo, Loannidis, John P. A., D. H. Phillips (2298805), Gallo, Valentina, V. Mccormack (7601777), Wild, Christopher, V. Gallo, U. Stromberg, STROBE Statement, J. P. A. Ioannidis (7601786), M. Egger (7601774), P. B. Farmer, Matthias Egger, C. Wild (7601780), Schoket, B., V. McCormack, Strömberg, Ulf,, Gallo, V., P. Vineis, Gallo, V, Phillips, David H., Peter B. Farmer, Wild, C, Kirsch-Volders, M., R. Vermeulen (3788842), Phillips, David H, ?, ?, Stromberg, Ulf, McCormack, V., Phillips David H., M. Porta (7601804), Farmer Peter B., Ioannidis John P. A., M. Kirsch-Volders, Bernadette Schoket, Egger, Matthias, Egger Matthias, Ioannidis, John P A, McCormack, V, Vermeulen, Roel, Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, D. H. Phillips, Ioannidis, J.P., M. Porta, Matullo, G, Stromberg Ulf, Vineis Paolo, Vermeulen, R., Ioannidis, John PA, J. P. A. Ioannidis, M. Kirsch-Volders (7601789), Schoket, Bernadette, Matullo, G., P. B. Farmer (7601783), Vineis, P, STROBE Statement,, Kirsch-Volders Micheline, Micheline Kirsch-Volders, Porta, Miguel, Paolo Vineis, Vermeulen, R   +115 more
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Molecular epidemiology of amebiasis [PDF]

Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2008
Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of human amebiasis, remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries and is responsible for up to 100,000 deaths worldwide each year. Entamoeba dispar, morphologically indistinguishable from E. histolytica, is more common in humans in many parts of the world.
Ibne Karim M, Ali, C Graham, Clark, William A, Petri   +2 more
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Molecular epidemiology [PDF]

Journal of Internal Medicine, 2000
Abstract. Boffetta P (Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France). Molecular epidemiology (Internal Medicine in the 21st Century). J Intern Med 2000; 248: 447–454.The use of biomarkers in epidemiology is not new, but recent developments in molecular biology and genetics have increased the ...
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