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Increasing incidence of anogenital warts with an urban–rural divide among mal...
Abstract Background Anogenital warts (AGW) are caused by the most common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus. The... -
Anti-tobacco control industry strategies in Turkey
Background Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) penetrated the Turkish cigarette market due to trade and investment liberalization in the post-1980 period and eventually... -
Bayesian Geostatistical Modeling of Leishmaniasis Incidence in Brazil
Background Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely... -
Predictors of latent tuberculosis infection treatment completion in the US pr...
Background Factors that affect latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment completion in the US have not been well studied beyond public health settings. This gap was... -
Associations of total and type-specific physical activity with mortality in c...
Background Regular physical activity is recommended for all people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the dose of physical activity required to gain... -
Epidemiology of breast cancer: retrospective study in the Central African Rep...
Background Breast cancer is recognised as a major public health problem in developing countries; however, there is very limited evidence about its epidemiology in the Central... -
Spatio-temporal distribution of dengue and lymphatic filariasis vectors along...
Background Rapidly increasing temperatures in the mountain region of Nepal and recent reports of dengue fever and lymphatic filariasis cases from mountainous areas of central... -
Schistosomiasis in Zambia: a systematic review of past and present experiences
Background The speedy rate of change in the environmental and socio-economics factors may increase the incidence, prevalence and risk of schistosomiasis infections in Zambia.... -
Determinants of tuberculosis transmission and treatment abandonment in Fortal...
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A novel cutoff for the waist-to-height ratio predicting metabolic syndrome in...
Background Recent studies have shown the enhanced diagnostic capability of the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) over BMI. However, while a structured cutoff hierarchy has been... -
A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices on Zika virus in New York ...
Background Over 900 travel-associated Zika virus cases have been identified in New York City (NYC), New York. A survey was administered in NYC adapted from the... -
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Background Many infectious diseases of public health importance display annual seasonal patterns in their incidence. We aimed to systematically document the seasonality of... -
Epidemiological shift and geographical heterogeneity in the burden of leptosp...
Background Leptospirosis morbidity and mortality rates in China have decreased since the 2000s. Further analyses of the spatiotemporal and demographic changes occurring in the... -
Current epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes...
Background Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in economically active populations. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence and to identify risk... -
The epidemiology of drowning in low- and middle-income countries: a systemati...
Background According to the World Health Organization, drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths worldwide, accounting for 370,000 annual deaths...
