Influence of backward bifurcation on interpretation of $R_0$ in a model of epidemic tuberculosis with reinfection by Benjamin H. Singer, Denise E. Kirschner

“…There is significant disagreement in the epidemiological literatureregarding the extent to which reinfection of latently infected individuals contributes to the dynamics of tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. …”
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Comment on “A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel” by Jan Clement, Piet Maes, Veroniek Saegeman, Katrien Lagrou, Marc Van Ranst, Åke Lundkvist

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The Bipolar Depression Electrical Treatment Trial (BETTER): Design, Rationale, and Objectives of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial and Data from the Pilot Study Phase by Bernardo de Sampaio Pereira Junior, Gabriel Tortella, Beny Lafer, Paula Nunes, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, André R. Brunoni

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Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy Strangles Research and Do-Gooder Intentions Ablaze by Shauna M. Haley

“…Nature starts the news week by chronicling epidemiological researchers’ wrath over how Britain’s General Medical Council (GMC) has implemented the nation’s 1998 Data Protection Act. …”
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Burden of Rotavirus Disease: A Population-Based Study in Eastern Townships, Quebec by Sylvain Bernard, Louis Valiquette, Philippe De Wals, Vincent Nault, Corentin Babakissa, Claude Cyr, Thérèse Côté Boileau, Arnaud Gagneur

“…However, before implementing this vaccine in routine health programs, Canadian provinces need to establish current epidemiological data on rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis (AGE).…”
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Collagenous and Lymphocytic Colitis: A Clinical and Histopathological Review by Johan Bohr, Martin Olesen, Curt Tysk, Gunnar Järnerot

“…This is a short review of the clinical findings, and epidemiological and basic observations of these relatively little described colitides belonging to the group of inflammatory bowel diseases.…”
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Models for the spread and persistence of hantavirus infection in rodents with direct and indirect transmission by Curtis L. Wesley, Linda J. S. Allen, Michel Langlais

“…Rodent-hantavirus models that include direct and indirect transmission and periodically varying demographic and epidemiological parameters are studied in this investigation. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of heartburn in organized population of administrative centre of Khakasia republic by N. N. Butorin, O. S. Rzhavicheva, O. V. Khomenko, O. V. Shtygashyeva, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Ethnic features of clinical and epidemiologic characteristic of GERD were registered in studied populations.…”
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The role of nutritional fiber deficiency in the pathogenesis and course of gastroesophageal reflux disease by S. V. Morozov, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, M. D. Kukushkina

“…The review contains data concerning influence of nutritional fiber on the pathogenetic mechanisms of GERD and illuminates results of epidemiological studies suggesting positive correlation between quantities of nutritional fiber in the patient’s diet and manifestations of the disease. …”
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Emetophobia (specific phobia of vomiting): Its Relationship with Anxiety-related Disorders and Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic Approach by Vahdet Gormez, Yavuz Meral, Abdurrahman Cahid Orengul

“…In this article, a phenomenological, epidemiologic and clinical picture of emetophobia is presented and the cognitive behavioral model is discussed as a therapeutic approach for its treatment [JCBPR 2017; 6(1.000): 39-48]…”
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Attributing heatwave-related mortality to climate change: a case study of the 2009 Victorian heatwave in Australia by Sarah E Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Linda Selvey, Philipp Aglas-Leitner, Nina Lansbury, Samuel Hundessa, Dáithí Stone, Kristie L Ebi, Nicholas John Osborne

“…Despite the small total number of attributable deaths as per the epidemiological model, six out of eight climate models predicted a statistically significant anthropogenic influence, indicating that climate change increased the heatwave-related mortality impact of this event. …”
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Coming of age in recovery: The prevalence and correlates of substance use recovery status among adolescents and emerging adults. by Douglas C Smith, Crystal A Reinhart, Shahana Begum, Janaka Kosgolla, John F Kelly, Brandon B Bergman, Marni Basic

“…<h4>Background and aims</h4>To date, no epidemiological survey has estimated the prevalence of adolescents identifying as being in recovery. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: Guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yushchuk, I. V. Mayev, Tatyana L Lapina, Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin, A. S. Tertychny, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. A. Sheptulin, Ye. K. Baranskaya, O. S. Lyashenko, K. V. Ivashkin

“…Epidemiologic growth, risk of significant morbidity made C. difficile-associated disease a socially important disease. …”
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Dengue social representations related to newspaper publications in the northeast of Argentina by Agustín Villarreal, Lucía Genzone, Maria José Villarreal, Rosa Yanina Macchi, Natalia Soledad Amerio

“…In the last few years, the city of Posadas (Misiones-Argentina) faces an increase in the number of cases that has led the provincial government to decree a sanitary and epidemiological emergency in 2020. Objective: To analyze the dengue social representations, present in the two newspaper publications of Misiones-Argentina relating the results to a predecessor study. …”
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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Comorbidity: A Review of the Interprofessional Discourse by Salimah H. Meghani, Harleah G. Buck, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Marilyn J. Hammer, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, Robyn Clark, Mary D. Naylor

“…In contrast, the epidemiological approach relies on statistical identification of disease entities that cooccur beyond random chance; this approach carries an accompanying risk of diagnostic and treatment proliferation. …”
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Potential of hazard mapping as a tool for facing COVID-19 transmission: the geo-COVID cartographic platform by María Jesús Perles Roselló, Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Francisco José Cantarero Prados, Hugo Castro Noblejas, Ana Laura De la Fuente Roselló, José María Orellana-Macías, Sergio Reyes Corredera, Jesús Miranda Páez, Matías Mérida Rodriguez

“… The present research analyses the epidemiological bases, the methodology approach and the utility of the Geo-Covid Cartographic Platform to face COVID-19 transmission at an intra-urban scale.  …”
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Levels and health effects of maternal and infant exposure to chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonic acid by Yujie CAO, Ying TIAN, Yu GAO

“…Recently, F-53B has been detected across various matrix and human samples, ranking among the top three PFAS concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord blood sera in China, according to available epidemiological studies. Current limited epidemiological studies indicate that F-53B poses multiple adverse effects on maternal and infant health. …”
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Lutein, Zeaxanthin, and meso-Zeaxanthin in the Clinical Management of Eye Disease by Nicole K. Scripsema, Dan-Ning Hu, Richard B. Rosen

“…Subsequently, the effect of xanthophylls in the prevention and treatment of various eye diseases has been examined through epidemiological studies, animal studies, and clinical trials. …”
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Potential of hazard mapping as a tool for facing COVID-19 transmission: the geo-COVID cartographic platform by María Jesús Perles Roselló, Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Francisco José Cantarero Prados, Hugo Castro Noblejas, Ana Laura De la Fuente Roselló, José María Orellana-Macías, Sergio Reyes Corredera, Jesús Miranda Páez, Matías Mérida Rodriguez

“… The present research analyses the epidemiological bases, the methodology approach and the utility of the Geo-Covid Cartographic Platform to face COVID-19 transmission at an intra-urban scale.  …”
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Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? by Carlo de Olim, Denis Bégin, Louis-Philippe Boulet, André Cartier, Michel Gérin, Catherine Lemière

“…The expert assessment method performed by an occupational hygienist has been used to evaluate occupational exposures in epidemiological studies.…”
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