Environmental Risk Factors in Patients with Noninvasive Fungal Sinusitis by Badr Eldin Mostafa, Mohammed M. K. El Sharnoubi, Hesham A. A. El-Sersy, Mohammed S. M. Mahmoud

“…This is a prospective epidemiological case control study on the environmental risk factors of noninvasive fungal sinusitis. …”
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Mycobacterium bovis in Swine: Spoligotyping of Isolates from Argentina by Soledad Barandiaran, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Eduardo Vicente Moras, Angel Adrián Cataldi, Martín José Zumárraga

“…In addition, 135 (94%) isolates revealed spoligotypes identical to those of cattle, showing an epidemiological link. On the other hand, there were seven novel spoligotypes, six of which were also unique since they had only one isolate each. …”
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Viral Interference and Persistence in Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses by Juan Santiago Salas-Benito, Mónica De Nova-Ocampo

“…Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans, and the detection of two or more flaviviruses cocirculating in the same geographic area has often been reported. However, the epidemiological impact remains to be determined. Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are primarily transmitted through Aedes and Culex mosquitoes; these viruses establish a life-long or persistent infection without apparent pathological effects. …”
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A Pediatric Case of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Onset following Varicella Zoster Ophthalmicus with Optic Neuritis by Naoko Shiba, Yuji Inaba, Mitsuo Motobayashi, Makoto Nishioka, Yoichiro Kawasaki, Shunsuke Noda, Hiroki Matsuura, Norimoto Kobayashi, Takafumi Matsuoka, Akinori Nakamura, Yozo Nakazawa

“…Some epidemiological studies have implied a pathogenetic association between varicella zoster virus (VZV) and multiple sclerosis (MS); this, however, remains controversial. …”
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Risk Factors for Asthma in a Helminth Endemic Area in Bahia, Brazil by Luciana S. Cardoso, Daniela M. Costa, Maria Cecília F. Almeida, Robson P. Souza, Edgar M. Carvalho, Maria Ilma Araujo, Ricardo R. Oliveira

“…Protective factors associated with atopy or asthma in rural areas include socioeconomic level, overcrowding, and helminth infection. However, little epidemiological information was originated from schistosomiasis areas. …”
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A Case of Prostatic Carcinoma Manifesting as Cutaneous Facial Nodule by Israel Antonio Esquivel-Pinto, Bertha Torres-Alvarez, Ramiro Jetzabel Gómez-Villa, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cázares

“…The review recorded epidemiological data, including age, duration, morphology, location, and outcome of patients. …”
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Celiac Disease and Dermatologic Manifestations: Many Skin Clue to Unfold Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy by Marzia Caproni, Veronica Bonciolini, Antonietta D'Errico, Emiliano Antiga, Paolo Fabbri

“…The knowledge about pathogenic, epidemiological, clinical, and diagnostic aspects of CD is increasing in recent years as well as those about DH, but some aspects still remain to be defined, in particular the possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the association between both CD and DH and CD and other immunological skin diseases. …”
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Stability of Folate and Vitamin B12 in Human Serum after Long-Term Storage: A Follow-Up after 13 Years by Eugène H. J. M. Jansen, Piet K. Beekhof

“…In epidemiological and nutrition research, it is very important to evaluate the stability of biomarkers as function of both storage time and temperature. …”
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Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma: Review and Updates of Current Management Strategies by Tiffany Tang, Kevin Tay, Richard Quek, Miriam Tao, Soo Yong Tan, Leonard Tan, Soon Thye Lim

“…The classification of T-cell and natural-killer- (NK-) cell lymphomas has been updated in the 4th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissue published in 2008. Based on recent epidemiological studies, NK-cell lymphomas occur almost exclusively in Asia and South America, although T-cell lymphomas appear to occur in the East as commonly as in the West. …”
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Deterministic Epidemic Models for Ebola Infection with Time-Dependent Controls by Eric Okyere, Johnson De-Graft Ankamah, Anthony Kodzo Hunkpe, Dorcas Mensah

“…In this paper, we have studied epidemiological models for Ebola infection using nonlinear ordinary differential equations and optimal control theory. …”
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Digital technologies: drivers of economic growth during COVID-19 pandemic by S. G. Serikov

“…The article examines the drivers of economic growth in a difficult epidemiological situation. The problems of economic activity during this period are identified. …”
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Trypanosoma cruzi: Seroprevalence Detection in Suburban Population of Santiago de Querétaro (Mexico) by Ángeles López-Céspedes, Elena Villagrán, Kervin Briceño Álvarez, José Antonio de Diego, Hebert Luís Hernández-Montiel, Carlos Saldaña, Manuel Sānchez-Moreno, Clotilde Marín

“…To evaluate the potential of iron-oxide dismutase excreted (SODeCRU) by T. cruzi as the antigen fraction in the serodiagnosis of Chagas disease and compile new epidemiological data on the seroprevalence of this disease in the suburban population of the city of Santiago de Querétaro (Mexico). …”
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Present Status and Perspectives on the Use of Alkylresorcinols as Biomarkers of Wholegrain Wheat and Rye Intake by Alastair B. Ross

“…However, there are still gaps in the knowledge on factors relating to the wide interindividual variation, and application to different epidemiological cohorts. Overall, ARs are highly promising biomarkers of whole grain wheat and rye intake and add to our increasing understanding of whole grains and health.…”
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Technological management of oil companies in face of global challenges by A. E. Miller, L. M. Davidenko

“…The paper describes the current state of integrated economic structures of the oil and gas sector in the face of falling demand for oil and oil products, intensified by the difficult epidemiological situation in regional consumer markets. …”
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Fractional-Order Epidemic Model for Measles Infection by Philip N. A. Akuka, Baba Seidu, Eric Okyere, Stephen Abagna

“…In addition, the model equilibria are determined, and the novel Jacobian determinant method recently constructed in the literature of epidemiological modeling of infectious diseases is applied to determine the threshold quantity, R0. …”
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Pain and Frailty in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Narrative Review by Chiara Papini, Jaspreet K. Sodhi, Cassie M. Argenbright, Kirsten K. Ness, Tara M. Brinkman

“…In this narrative review, we highlight this gap by summarizing the epidemiologic evidence on pain and frailty, including their prevalence, common risk factors, and correlates in childhood cancer survivors. …”
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Review of the clinical status of cardiotoxicity of HER-2 positive breast cancer targeted therapeutic drugs by Xiang Zhang, Yulian Yin, Qiuting Yu, Xinlin Chen, Yiqin Cheng

“…We list the evidence of cardiotoxicity for various drugs based on current clinical trials and summarize their corresponding epidemiological profiles. We also discuss the regulation of cardiotoxicity from three perspectives: clinical biomarkers of cardiotoxicity, permissive cardiotoxicity, and the current status of cardiotoxicity regulation.…”
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Using a Geographical-Information-System-Based Decision Support to Enhance Malaria Vector Control in Zambia by Emmanuel Chanda, Victor Munyongwe Mukonka, David Mthembu, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, Sarel Coetzer, Cecilia Jill Shinondo

“…To implement effective vector control, increased knowledge on interactions of epidemiological and entomological malaria transmission determinants in the assessment of impact of interventions is critical. …”
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Linking Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease by Géraldine Gelders, Veerle Baekelandt, Anke Van der Perren

“…Numerous postmortem, brain imaging, epidemiological, and animal studies have documented the involvement of the innate and adaptive immunity in neurodegeneration. …”
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Forecasting stroke and stroke-driven dementia in a rapidly ageing population: a model-based analysis of alternative projection scenarios for Ireland by Anne Hickey, Eithne Sexton, Frances Horgan, Kathleen E Bennett, Ronan Collins, Martin O'Flaherty, Suzanne Timmons, Chris Macey, David J. Williams

“…This study aims to evaluate scenarios for future trends in stroke age-specific incidence and case fatality, and estimate their impact on projected stroke and poststroke dementia prevalence in Ireland.Design This is an epidemiological modelling study based on a probabilistic Markov model. …”
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