Academic Articles & Research Papers

Ethical and legal concerns in artificial intelligence applications for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer: a scoping review

IntroductionArtificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrating into the healthcare field, particularly in lung cancer care, including screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. While these applications offer promising advancement...

The Microbiome Composition of a Man's Penis Predicts Incident Bacterial Vaginosis in His Female Sex Partner With High Accuracy

Background: We determined the predictive accuracy of penile bacteria for incident BV in female sex partners. In this prospective cohort, we enrolled Kenyan men aged 18–35 and their female sex partners aged 16 and older. We assessed BV at ba...

Epidemiology and Ecology of Toscana Virus Infection and Its Global Risk Distribution

Toscana virus (TOSV), a member of the Phlebovirus genus transmitted by sandflies, is acknowledged for its capacity to cause neurological infections and is widely distributed across Mediterranean countries. The potential geographic distribut...

Use of machine learning algorithms to determine the relationship between air pollution and cognitive impairment in Taiwan

Air pollution has become a major global threat to human health. Urbanization and industrialization over the past few decades have increased the air pollution. Plausible connections have been made between air pollutants and dementia. This st...

What is Machine Learning? A Primer for the Epidemiologist

Machine learning is a branch of computer science that has the potential to transform epidemiologic sciences. Amid a growing focus on "Big Data," it offers epidemiologists new tools to tackle problems for which classical methods are not well...

Pandemic preparedness: Potential of routine general practice data for infectious disease early signal detection.

Association between myosteatosis and impaired glucose metabolism: A deep learning whole‐body magnetic resonance imaging population phenotyping approach

Abstract Background There is increasing evidence that myosteatosis, which is currently not assessed in clinical routine, plays an important role in risk estimation in individuals with impaired glucose metabolism, as it is associated with th...

From RNTCP to NTEP: Two Decades of Policy Transitions and Their Impact on Tuberculosis Indicators in India-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.

A multi-state climate epidemiology analysis of Lassa fever using interpretable machine learning and an early warning framework.