95% uncertainty intervals are obtained by bootstrapping (1000 samples). #Age was included as continuous predictor variable in the regression models but for clarity this table...

Data are presented as mean±SD, median (interquartile range) or percent. Chi-square test for categorical variables, the unpaired t test or Mann-Whitney U test for continuous...

COM = community patients (not seeking professional medical care), AMB = ambulatory patients, HOSP = hospitalized patients, ILI = influenza-like illness, GP =  general...

City of Salvador, Brazil, 2008–2010. *Standard deviation; **p>0.05.

BackgroundCredible measures of disease incidence, trends and mortality can be obtained through surveillance using manual chart review, but this is both time-consuming and...

a Liu et al., 2011 [19]. b Ji et al., 2007 [20]. c Wei et al., 2010 [21]. d Noteborn et al., 2013 [22]. *Positions correspond to: IBDV (JQ684022), IBV (KJ425500), AEV...

This is one of the first studies to (1) describe the out-of-hospital burden of influenza-like-illness (ILI) and clinically diagnosed flu, also for patients not seeking...

Table 2 Assessment of the risk of bias in individual studies based on (1) exposure determination which includes standardization of age and assessment of LUTS severity by IPSS...

195%CI  = 95% confidence intervals.

Sub-Saharan Africa represents 69% of the total number of individuals living with HIV infection worldwide and 72% of AIDS deaths globally. Pulmonary infection is a common and...

Data are frequency (%) or median (first quartile – third quartile). Percentages are calculated including missing observations. PCGEH = per capita government expenditure on...

Projected Estimates of Reductions in Cardiovascular Disease from a Dietary Salt Reduction Target of 3 g/day achieved over 30 years (via a linear reduction in intake of 0.1...

IA: Invasive Aspergillosis, GMI: Galactomannan Optical Density Index, BDG: β-D-glucan. aUnderlying disease, comorbidities, and microbiologic diagnostic tests were not mutually...

Estimation of sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios of the diagnosis codes of infection in patients admitted to the medical emergency department...

p Values; age and body mass index by unpaired t test and others by Mantel-Haenszel Chi square analyses. p Values by Mantel-Haenszel Chi square analyses; Thienopyridine,...

Background Variable exposure to causative agents of acute respiratory (RTI) or gastrointestinal tract infections (GTI) is a significant confounding factor in the analysis of the...

Background Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and are often linked to seasonal and/or meteorological conditions....

Background A birth cohort dedicated to studying infections in early childhood may be assisted by parental recording of symptoms on a daily basis and a collection of...

Data are presented as medians (IQR) or frequencies (%). Variables are ordered roughly by statistical significance. Row percentages are calculated excluding missing data....

Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (n [%]), as appropriate. Baseline characteristics were compared between the two diagnostic groups using a...