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Recent Spatiotemporal Patterns of US Lung Cancer by Histologic Type

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
BackgroundAfter a period of increasing rates, lung cancer incidence is declining in the US for men and women. We investigated lung cancer rate patterns by gender, geographic location, and histologic subtype, and for total lung cancer (TLC), for the ...
Denise Riedel Lewis, Linda W. Pickle, Li Zhu   +2 more
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Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed ...
Clark, Thomas A, Cohn, Amanda C, Farley, Monica M, Hall, H Irene, Harris, Christine M, Harrison, Lee H, Lee, Adria, Li, Jianmin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica R, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry M, Zell, Elizabeth   +17 more
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Cancer surveillance in a northeastern native American population [PDF]

Cancer, 1989
This study compares cancer incidence among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer incidence patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City. The cohort for this study consisted of all members of the SNI enrolled on January 1, 1955 and residing in NYS (N = 3262).
Lawrence J. Emrich, Martin C. Mahoney, Martin C. Mahoney, Philip C. Nasca, Arthur M. Michalek, Mph K. Michael Cummings PhD   +5 more
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system. [PDF]

, 2012
Routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant reduction in childhood deaths. However, PCVs have been associated with replacement disease with non-vaccine serotypes.
Adegbola, Richard A, Akinsola, Bolanle, Baldeh, Ignatius, Greenwood, Brian M, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Ikumapayi, Usman N, Jasseh, Momodou, Knoll, Maria Deloria, Lee, Ellen, Levine, Orin S, Mackenzie, Grant A, Plumb, Ian D, Saha, Debasish, Sambou, Sana, Touray, Kebba, Uchendu, Uchendu, Usuf, Effua, Wattiaux, Andre   +18 more
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Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015: Multistate Laboratory and Population-Based Surveillance

JAMA pediatrics, 2019
Importance Invasive disease owing to group B Streptococcus (GBS) remains an important cause of illness and death among infants younger than 90 days in the United States, despite declines in early-onset disease (EOD; with onset at 0-6 days of life) that ...
S. Nanduri, S. Petit, C. Smelser, M. Apostol, N. Alden, L. Harrison, R. Lynfield, P. Vagnone, Kari E Burzlaff, N. Spina, E. Dufort, W. Schaffner, A. Thomas, M. Farley, J. H. Jain, Tracy Pondo, L. McGee, B. Beall, S. Schrag   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in wild Red Deer (Cervus elaphus): coproantigen ELISA is a practicable alternative to faecal egg counting for surveillance in remote populations [PDF]

, 2016
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) are hosts of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica); yet, prevalence is rarely quantified in wild populations. Testing fresh samples from remote regions by faecal examination (FE) can be logistically challenging; hence, we appraise ...
Craine, Alexandra, French, Andrew S., Gibb, Stuart W., Gordon-Gibbs, Danielle K., Mitchell, Gillian, Shaw, David, Skuce, Philip J., Taggart, Mark A., Zadoks, Ruth N.   +8 more
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Association of parental characteristics with offspring anthropometric failure, anaemia and mortality in India

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
This study used a wide range of information on parental sociodemographic, physical and behavioural characteristics as well as on the presence of non-communicable diseases among parents and examined the association of these attributes with anthropometric ...
Rajesh Kumar Rai, S. V. Subramanian, Sebastian Vollmer   +2 more
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Quantum-AI empowered Intelligent Surveillance: Advancing Public Safety Through Innovative Contraband Detection [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Surveillance systems have emerged as crucial elements in upholding peace and security in the modern world. Their ubiquity aids in monitoring suspicious activities effectively. However, in densely populated environments, continuous active monitoring becomes impractical, necessitating the development of intelligent surveillance systems. AI integration in
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Can Lessons from Public Health Disease Surveillance Be Applied to Environmental Public Health Tracking? [PDF]

, 2004
Disease surveillance has a century-long tradition in public health, and environmental data have been collected at a national level by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for several decades.
Balmes, John, Ritz, Beate, Tager, Ira
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Paradata analyses to inform population-based survey capture of pregnancy outcomes: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Paradata are (timestamped) records tracking the process of (electronic) data collection. We analysed paradata from a large household survey of questions capturing pregnancy outcomes to assess performance (timing and correction processes).
Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri, Sanne M. Thysen, Francis Dzabeng, M. Moinuddin Haider, Melanie Smuk, Michael Wild, Michael M. Lokshin, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew, Solomon Mokonnen Abebe, Davis Natukwatsa, Collins Gyezaho, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +16 more
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