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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... -
Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral dis...
Background \ud Research has been conducted on interventions to control dengue transmission and respond to outbreaks. A summary of the available evidence will help inform disease... -
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... -
Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Cav...
Managing the global threat of Zika requires innovative solutions. This article examines the potential of Digital Participatory Surveillance to support the management of global... -
Alzheimer’s and other dementias in Canada, 2011 to 2031: a microsimulation Po...
Background Worldwide, there is concern that increases in the prevalence of dementia will result in large demands for caregivers and supportive services that will be challenging... -
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... -
Is objectively measured light-intensity physical activity associated with hea...
Background An increasing number of studies have demonstrated that light-intensity physical activity (LPA) confers health benefits after adjustment for moderate-to-vigorous... -
Epidemiologic Models, Key Logs, and Realizing the Promise of WHA 54.19
During the late 1800s, when trees were cut by handsaw and the logs floated down river by the hundreds to be milled, they occasionally jammed. Skilled lumberjacks could often... -
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... -
Ears of the Armadillo: Global Health Research and Neglected Diseases in Texas
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have been recently identified as significant public health problems in Texas and elsewhere in the American South. A one-day forum on the... -
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... -
Autonomous vehicles are cost-effective when used as taxis
Background Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will radically re-shape the health and well-being of people in the United States in good ways and bad. We set out to... -
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... -
The global one health paradigm: challenges and opportunities for tackling inf...
Zoonotic infectious diseases have been an important concern to humankind for more than 10,000 years. Today, approximately 75% of newly emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are... -
Cumulative exposure to environmental pollutants during early pregnancy and re...
Background: Reduced fetal growth is associated with perinatal and later morbidity. Prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants is linked to reduced fetal growth at birth, but... -
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...
