Epidemiology and Factors Influencing Davis Cup Retirements Over the Past Twenty Years by Martí Casals, Jordi Cortés, Daniel Llenderrozos, Miguel Crespo, Timothy E. Hewett, Lorena Martin, Ernest Baiget

“… # Conclusion This study provides valuable insights for coaches, players, support teams, and epidemiologists regarding retirements and their associated risk factors in Davis Cup tournaments. …”
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Cognitive cascades: How to model (and potentially counter) the spread of fake news. by Nicholas Rabb, Lenore Cowen, Jan P de Ruiter, Matthias Scheutz

“…Network science researchers have often taken a page from epidemiologists, and modeled the spread of false beliefs as similar to how a disease spreads through a social network. …”
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Impulsivity and Concussion in Juvenile Rats: Examining Molecular and Structural Aspects of the Frontostriatal Pathway. by Harleen Hehar, Keith Yeates, Bryan Kolb, Michael J Esser, Richelle Mychasiuk

“…Similarly, concussions/mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) have been associated with increased risk for neuropsychiatric disorders and the development of impulsivity and inattention. Researchers and epidemiologists have therefore considered whether or not concussions induce symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or merely unmask impulsive tendencies that were already present. …”
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Contact tracing of tuberculosis: a systematic review of transmission modelling studies. by Matt Begun, Anthony T Newall, Guy B Marks, James G Wood

“…Our findings highlight the potential for collaborative work between clinicians, epidemiologists and modellers to gather data required to enhance model development and validation and hence better inform future public health policy.…”
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EpiCollect: linking smartphones to web applications for epidemiology, ecology and community data collection. by David M Aanensen, Derek M Huntley, Edward J Feil, Fada'a al-Own, Brian G Spratt

“…<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiologists and ecologists often collect data in the field and, on returning to their laboratory, enter their data into a database for further analysis. …”
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Covid-19 Mapping with Microsoft Power BI by Steven M. Graves, Lauren He

“…The second purpose of this dashboard is to allow users to rapidly analyze local data trends, perhaps following school openings / closings, changes in the status of businesses, or social protests movements. Epidemiologists have expressed concern over the effects of the protest marches and untimely changes in rules regarding businesses and schools on COVID-19 rates. …”
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Network epidemiological analysis of COVID-19 transmission patterns by age, occupation and residence across four waves in Cyprus by Pavlos Alexandros Dimitriou, Valentinos Silvestros, Elisavet Constantinou, Costas Pitris, Panayiotis Kolios

“…Abstract Complex transmission patterns are not immediately obvious to epidemiologists, hindering the development of effective intervention strategies. …”
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The state of public health emergency preparedness and response capacity among countries in the ECOWAS region by Mahmood Dalhat, Margaret Yaa Lartey

“…The member states without FETPs or having less than the required number of FETP tiers of the training should be supported to put in place the required programs to meet the four trained epidemiologists per million population target. Furthermore, the lack of comprehensive workforce strategies to attract and retain specialized health workforce, as required by the WHO workforce benchmark should be addressed. …”
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Time series forecasting of Valley fever infection in Maricopa County, AZ using LSTMResearch in context by Xueting Jin, Fangwu Wei, Srinivasa Srivatsav Kandala, Tejas Umesh, Kayleigh Steele, John N. Galgiani, Manfred D. Laubichler

“…By predicting the CM prevalence, our results can inform researchers, epidemiologists, clinicians, and the public in order to assist public health. …”
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Review of Epidemiological Situation on Rickettsioses in the Russian Federation in 2022 as Compared with 2013–2021, Forecast for 2023 by N. A. Pen’evskaya, N. V. Rudakov, S. N. Shpynov, A. I. Blokh, D. V. Trankvilevsky, D. A. Savel’ev, S. V. Shtrek, A. V. Sannikov

“…Close cooperation between epidemiologists and clinicians is required to establish and register cases of TR based on clinical and epidemiological data.…”
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Closing the Information Gap Between the Field and Scientific Literature for Improved Disease Management, with a Focus on Rice and Bacterial Blight by Eliza P. I. Loo, Boris Szurek, Yugander Arra, Melissa Stiebner, Marcel Buchholzer, B. N. Devanna, Casiana M. Vera Cruz, Wolf B. Frommer

“…During a disease outbreak, epidemiologists survey the occurrence of a disease after which pathologists investigate mechanisms to stop an infection. …”
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Distribution of vectors and arboviruses, and healthcare workers’ knowledge of vector-borne diseases in Armenia by Lilit Babayan, Arsen Manucharyan, Lusine Paronyan, Haykuhi Vardanyan, Ruben Danielyan, Gayane Melik-Andreasyan, Jenna E Achenbach

“…Analysis of questionnaires from 499 healthcare workers showed that epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, and family doctors had greater awareness of arboviral diseases than other specialists. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation, and virulence genes among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli stool isolates in Tehran, Iran by Shahnaz Halimi, Akram Rezaei, Shirin Mohebi, Farhad Bonakdar Hashemi

“…Our results may help clinicians make optimal therapeutic choices during the treatment of patients with severe EPEC infections, and assist epidemiologists devise policies for effective control of outbreaks. …”
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Availability and use of molecular microbiological and immunological tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in europe. by Marc Tebruegge, Nicole Ritz, Karsten Koetz, Antoni Noguera-Julian, James A Seddon, Steven B Welch, Maria Tsolia, Beate Kampmann

“…Both networks comprise clinicians, microbiologists, epidemiologists and researchers predominately based in Europe.…”
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Epidemiological tracking and population assignment of the non-clonal bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. by Julia Dale, Erin P Price, Heidie Hornstra, Joseph D Busch, Mark Mayo, Daniel Godoy, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Anthony Baker, Jeffrey T Foster, David M Wagner, Apichai Tuanyok, Jeffrey Warner, Brian G Spratt, Sharon J Peacock, Bart J Currie, Paul Keim, Talima Pearson

“…The approach used here may be valuable for other non-clonal pathogens that lack simple group-defining genetic characteristics and provides a rapid reference for epidemiologists wishing to track the origin of infection without the need to compile population data and learn population assignment algorithms.…”
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Perceived barriers to the process of COVID-19 control among frontline healthcare workers in South Korea: a qualitative study by Heeyoung Lee, Myoungsoon You, Bee-Ah Kang, Sijoung Kwon

“…A total of 20 HCWs comprised of public health doctors and professional epidemiologists agreed to participate in the study.Results Four themes were generated. …”
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Travel-associated outbreak of COVID-19 in a departmental store, Wenzhou, China by Yiwei Zhou, Fanglv Xiang, Chaorong Ni, Xiaoming Zhang, Haibin Xie, Haishen Zhu, Zumu Zhou

“…All investigations of the confirmed and suspected cases were carried out by epidemiologists and the source of infection was tracked by using big data. …”
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Affectivity as a tool in the adhesion to guidelines on education in oral health in the Family Health Program by Suely Ferreira dos Santos, Lúcia de Lourdes Souza Leite Campinas, Jaqueline Alves Lopes Sartori

“…The description of surveys epidemiologists carried through in our country brings pictures of contrasts and few improvements of quality on some aspects of oral health. …”
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Methodology of the international cross-sectional prevalence and severity study of pediatric and adult IgE-mediated food allergies (ASSESS FA) by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, Tarek Mnif, PharmD, Suzanne Reed, PhD, Mira Hleyhel, PhD, Stefani Dritsa, PhD, Perrine LeCalvé, MSc, Alissar Moussallem, PharmD, MPH, Paolo Tassinari, MD, Jessica Marvel, MPH, Alessandro Fiocchi, MD

“…The survey instrument was developed by a panel of clinical FA experts and epidemiologists. Results: Weighted prevalence rates were calculated for the 4 generated case definitions of FA (self-reported, physician-diagnosed, symptom-convincing, and confirmed FA). …”
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SARS-CoV-2 genomic contextual data harmonization: recommendations from a mixed methods analysis of COVID-19 case report forms across Canada by Rhiannon Cameron, Sarah Savić Kallesøe, Emma J. Griffiths, Damion Dooley, Aishwarya Sridhar, Anoosha Sehar, Lauren C. Tindale, William W.L. Hsiao

“…Methods Provincial/territorial/national Canadian COVID-19 case report forms were subjected to field-by-field comparisons to identify variations in data categorization, structures, formats, types, granularity, ambiguity, and questions asked. Federal epidemiologists were consulted to substantiate the results. …”
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