Epidemiological characteristics and interrupted time series analysis of mumps in Quzhou City, 2005–2023 by Canya Fu, Wenjie Xu, Wangfeng Zheng, Xiaoying Gong, Quanjun Fang, Zhiying Yin, Canjie Zheng

“…Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was used to assess changes in mumps incidence during the one-dose, two-dose, and the three-dose MuCV vaccination period. …”
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A broad spectrum Shigella vaccine based on VirG53 – 353 multiepitope region produced in a cell-free system by Girmay Desalegn, Charlotte Abrahamson, K. Ross Turbyfill, Lucy Pill-Pepe, Leslie Bautista, Chitradevi S. Tamilselvi, Dylan Dunn, Neeraj Kapoor, Barbara Sullinger, Matheo Herrera, Edwin V. Oaks, Jeff Fairman, Marcela F. Pasetti

“…., O-polysaccharide (OPS)-based conjugates, have limited coverage—only against the immunizing serotype. Vaccines based on Shigella conserved proteins are sought for their simplicity and capacity to prevent disease caused by multiple serotypes. …”
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Inclusive health for people with disabilities in Chile: a national health system assessment by Danae Rodríguez Gatta, Constanza Piriz Tapia, Elvira Tagle Schmidt, Jimena Luna Benavides, Daniel Vivar Jara, Rodrigo Moreno Celis, Gonzalo Tobar Carrizo, Judit Vilaró Cáceres, Phyllis Heydt, Lena Morgon Banks, Hannah Kuper

“…Future reassessments should be conducted to monitor and evaluate progress on effective healthcare coverage and health status among people with disabilities.…”
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Development of a Novel mRNA Vaccine Against Pathotypes Causing Widespread Shigellosis Endemic: An In-Silico Immunoinformatic Approach by Abdur Razzak, Otun Saha, Khandokar Fahmida Sultana, Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Abdullah bin Zahid, Afroza Sultana, Uditi Paul Bristi, Sultana Rajia, Nikkon Sarker, Md Mizanur Rahaman, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Foysal Hossen

“…Shigellosis remains a major global health concern, particularly in regions with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. This study used immunoinformatics and reverse vaccinology to design a potential mRNA vaccine targeting Shigella pathotypes out of 4071 proteins from Shigella sonnei str. …”
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A multi-source remote sensing-based geocommunication tool for global flood monitoring and management by Ebrahim Hamidi, Brad G. Peter, Hamed Moftakhari, Hamid Moradkhani

“…Although remote sensing provides valuable flood data with global coverage, single-source reliance is constrained by satellite revisit rates, resolution, weather conditions, and sensor limitations. …”
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Development of a candidate mRNA vaccine based on Multi-Peptide targeting VP4 of rotavirus A: an immunoinformatics and molecular dynamics approach by Cena Aram, Leila Karami, Mohammad Mehdi Ranjbar

“…The VP4 was analyzed from 40 sequences using phylogenetic analysis. Prediction of cytotoxic (CTL) and helper T cell (HTL) epitopes was performed and validated. …”
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A comparative study of adult and adolescent maternal care continuum following community-oriented interventions in Cambodia, Guatemala, Kenya, and Zambia. by Anbrasi Edward, Younghee Jung, Grace Ettyang, Chhea Chhorvann, Casey Risko, Annette E Ghee, Jane Chege

“…<h4>Background</h4>The coverage for reproductive care continuum is a growing concern for communities in low- income economies. …”
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Descriptive Characterization of Suspected Yellow Fever Cases in Kano state, Nigeria, 2015-2018 by Usman Yahya Umar, Kabiru Sabitu, Shehu Sani Mohammed, Nura Yahya Karaye, Muhammad Shakir Balogun

“…We calculated incidences, frequencies and proportions using Microsoft excel 2016 and health mapper version 4.3. …”
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Identifying Preferred Features of Influenza Vaccination Programs Among Chinese Clinicians Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine: Discrete Choice Experiment by Liuren Zhang, Linchen Chu, Maria E Sundaram, Yi Zhou, Xiu Sun, Zheng Wei, Chuanxi Fu

“… Abstract BackgroundAchieving high vaccine coverage among clinicians is crucial to curb the spread of influenza. …”
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Towards the trachoma elimination target in the Southern region of Ethiopia: How well is the SAFE strategy being implemented? by Mekuria Asfaw, Maria Zolfo, Nebiyu Negussu, Fantahun Tadesse, Tafese Tadele, Alemayehu Sisay, Dawit Seyum, Tigist Gezmu, Mbazi Senkoro, Philip Owiti, Wim Adriaensen

“…Methodology: A retrospective analysis of programmatic data in the period 2013-2018 was used. All trachoma endemic districts in SNNPR were included. …”
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Prevalence of diarrhea and its associated factors among children under five years in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Nigussie Adam Birhan, Alene Yirsaw Workineh, Zelalem Meraf, Emebiet Abich, Gedif Mulat Alemayehu, Yenew Alemu, Atalaye Nigussie, Tilahun Yimanu Birhan

“…Structured and pretested questionnaires were used to collect the data. Data were entered in to Epi data and exported to STATA for analysis. …”
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Microbial keratitis in Southern Malawi: a microbiological pilot study by Timothy Neal, Dean Everett, Stephen B Kaye, Alistair Darby, Moira Gandiwa, Shaffi Mdala, Caroline E Corless, Rose Herbert, Nicholas A V Beare, Tobi F Somerville, Thokozani Zungu, Malcolm J Horsburgh, Petros C Kayange

“…Moxifloxacin and chloramphenicol offered the best coverage for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates when susceptibility was determined using known antimicrobial first quartile concentrations and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoints, respectively. …”
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Study of a tick-borne encephalitis vaccine by O. V. Stronin, A. A.  Epanchintsev, A.  A. Koltunov

“…For VeroKSEN production, the authors used the method protected by utility patent No. 2678431.  …”
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Inequity in access to medications among communities in Eastern Ethiopia: a decomposition analysis by Dumessa Edessa, Fekede Asefa Kumsa, Girmaye Dinsa, Lemessa Oljira

“…Inequity was identified using a concentration index ranked by this composite indicator. …”
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Time series modelling and forecasting of mpox incidence and mortality in Nigeria by Emmanuel Afolabi Bakare, Oluwaseun Akinlo Mogbojuri, Dolapo Oluwaseun Oniyelu, Afeez Abidemi, Deborah Oluwatobi Daniel, Idowu Isaac Olasupo, Samuel Abidemi Osikoya, Aaron Onyebuchi Nwana, Ronke Dorcas Olorunfemi, Samson Oluwafemi Olagbami

“…The data were split into two portions; 70% for training, used to estimate the parameters of the forecasting model and 30% for testing, used to evaluate the model’s accuracy. …”
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The potential global health impact and cost-effectiveness of next-generation influenza vaccines: A modelling analysis. by Lucy Goodfellow, Simon R Procter, Mihaly Koltai, Naomi R Waterlow, Johnny A N Filipe, Carlos K H Wong, Edwin van Leeuwen, Rosalind M Eggo, Mark Jit, WHO Technical Advisory Group for the Full Value of Influenza Vaccines Assessment and project team, Next-generation influenza vaccine impact modelling contributors

“…NGIVs have the potential to substantially reduce influenza burden: compared to no vaccination, vaccinating 50% of children aged under 18 annually prevented 1.3 (95% uncertainty range (UR): 1.2-1.5) billion infections using current vaccines, 2.6 (95% UR: 2.4-2.9) billion infections using vaccines with improved efficacy or breadth, and 3.0 (95% UR: 2.7-3.3) billion infections using universal vaccines. …”
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Reliability and Radiographic Correlation of the Foot Posture Index-6: A Multi-Rater Analysis in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Individuals by Min Gyu Kyung, Yun Jae Cho, Jae Hee Lee, Min Seok Shin, Jay Hoon Park, Dong Yeon Lee

“…Four raters independently assessed the FPI-6 scores, and inter-rater reliability was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient. Radiographic parameters included the talocalcaneal angle (TCA) on anteroposterior (AP) and lateral views, talonavicular coverage angle (TNCA), AP talo-first metatarsal angle (TMA), hindfoot alignment angle (HAA), calcaneal pitch angle (CPA), and Meary’s angle (MA). …”
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Deep Learning Small Water Body Mapping by Transfer Learning from Sentinel-2 to PlanetScope by Yuyang Li, Pu Zhou, Yalan Wang, Xiang Li, Yihang Zhang, Xiaodong Li

“…Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of deep learning for mapping small water bodies using PlanetScope; however, a persistent challenge remains in the scarcity of high-quality, manually annotated water masks used for model training, which limits the generalization capability of data-driven deep learning models. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Patterns and Sentiment Analysis of Ting, Tai, Lou, and Ge Ancient Chinese Architecture Buildings by Jinghan Xie, Jinghang Wu, Zhongyong Xiao

“…All seven factors (including the normalized difference vegetation index, an indicator used to assess vegetation health and coverage) were significant in Southeast China, whereas all factors were non-significant in Northwest China, which may be explained by the small number of buildings in the latter region. …”
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Diarrhea and associated factors among under-five children in open defecation free and open defecation rural households of Degem district, Oromia, Ethiopia by Demelash Dereje, Dejene Hailu, Sisay Abebe Debela, Tamiru Yazew, Fikadu Tolesa, Bogalu Abebe

“…The selection of study participants from OD and ODF households was done using a multistage sampling approach. Data input was carried out using Epi Data 3.1, while data analysis would be performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 software, employing appropriate testing methods. …”
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