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Seroprevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Mpwapwa district, eastern-Central Tanzania

Justine Daudi Maganira, Noel Mark Makwinya, Beda John Mwang'onde • Parasite Epidemiology and Control (2025)

Porcine cysticercosis, caused by the larval stage of Taenia species, poses significant health and economic challenges in low and lower-middle-income regions. This study assessed the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with the transm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2025.e00445

Plasma Exchange for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An International Survey of Patient PreferencesPlain Language Summary

David Collister, Mark Farrar, Lesha Farrar, Paul Brown et al. • Kidney Medicine (2023)

Rationale & Objective: We sought to elicit patient preferences regarding the use of plasma exchange in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) and its tradeoffs of risk of kidney failure and risk of serious infec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100595

Highly Purified versus Filtered Crude Collagenase: Comparable Human Islet Isolation Outcomes

Yong Wang, Daniel Paushter, Shusen Wang, Barbara Barbaro et al. • Cell Transplantation (2011)

This study was designed to retrospectively compare the impact of crude Sigma V collagenase (Sigma V, n = 52) with high-purified Serva NB1 collagenase (Serva NB1, n = 42) on human islet isolation outcomes. A three-step filtration was applied...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3727/096368911X564994

Survival Impact of Nephroureterectomy for De Novo Stage IV Nonmetastatic and Metastatic Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Wei-Yu Lin, Wei-Yu Lin, Wei-Yu Lin, Wei-Yu Lin et al. • Frontiers in Surgery (2022)

BackgroundWhether nephroureterectomy (NU) provides survival benefits in patients with stage IV upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) remains unclear. We compared the effect of chemotherapy (CT) alone with that of CT combined with NU (CT +...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.903123

Epidemiology and risk factors of dementia

Wiesje M. van der Flier • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (2005)

ementia refers to a syndrome that is characterised by progressive deterioration of cognitive functions.Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as apathy, agitation, and depression, are also common.With increasing loss of function, a patient is grad...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2005.082867 PMC: 1765715

The epidemiology of theileriosis in Africa

R. A. I. Norval, Brian D. Perry, Alan S. Young • CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (1992)

The title of this book does not adequately reflect the comprehensive treatment of a complex and important parasitic disease of domestic cattle. Despite the passing of 100 years, East Coast fever (ECF) remains an economically and environment...

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Engaging Older Adults to Guide the Development of Passive Home Health Monitoring to Support Aging in Place

Elinor Randi Schoenfeld, Tracy Trimboli, Kaylyn Schwartz, Givenchy Ayisi-Boahene et al. • Sensors (2025)

By 2050, most adults aged 65 and older in the United States will want to age independently at home, a goal that will strain healthcare resources. Adults aged 50 and older (N = 112) were recruited for study participation between 2018 and 202...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/s25247413

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat/Cas12a Mediated Multiplexable and Portable Detection Platform for GII Genotype Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus Rapid Diagnosis

Bingxu Qian, Bingxu Qian, Kai Liao, Dexin Zeng et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) is a member of the genus Alphacoronavirus in the family Coronaviridae. It causes acute watery diarrhoea and vomiting in piglets with high a mortality rate. Currently, the GII genotype, PEDV, possesses...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.920801

Hyperuricemia and dementia – a case-control study

Bettina Engel, Willy Gomm, Karl Broich, Wolfgang Maier et al. • BMC Neurology (2018)

Abstract Background There is evidence that uric acid may have antioxidant and neuroprotective effects and might therefore alter the risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. So far, the relation between serum uric acid (SUA) lev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12883-018-1136-y

The Epidemiology and Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury

Jean Ann Langlois, Wesley Rutland-Brown, Marlena M. Wald • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (2006)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem in the United States and worldwide. The estimated 5.3 million Americans living with TBI-related disability face numerous challenges in their efforts to return to a full and ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001199-200609000-00001

Epidemiology of COPD

Chantal Rahérison, Pierre‐Olivier Girodet • European Respiratory Review (2009)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is responsible for early mortality, high death rates and significant cost to health systems. The projection for 2020 indicates that COPD will be the third leading cause of death worldwide (from s...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/09059180.00003609

Factors affecting final functional outcomes in open‐globe injuries and use of ocular trauma score as a predictive tool in Nepalese population

Saurav M. Shrestha, Casey L. Anthony, Grant A. Justin, Madhu Thapa et al. • BMC Ophthalmology (2021)

Abstract Background Open globe injury (OGI) is one of the most devastating form of ocular trauma. The aim of the study is to identify the epidemiology and predict visual outcomes in traumatic open globe injuries using ocular trauma score (O...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12886-021-01819-4

Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease

Hellmuth Weich, Philip Herbst, Francis Smit, Anton Doubell • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2023)

Rheumatic heart disease [RHD] is the most prevalent cause of valvular heart disease in the world, outstripping degenerative aortic stenosis numbers fourfold. Despite this, global resources are firmly aimed at improving the management of deg...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1234165

Combined Letrozole and Growth Hormone Therapy in Late-Pubertal Males with Advanced Bone Age and Open Knee Physes

Hui Zhang, Pengxiang Zhou, Yunpu Cui, Xuemei Wang et al. • Children (2026)

Background/Objectives: The therapeutic window for growth hormone (GH) therapy in late-pubertal males with advanced bone age (BA ≥ 15 years) is generally considered closed. Yet, open knee physes may indicate residual growth potential. This s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/children13081077

Epidemiology of ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia in Spain: A cross-sectional study

G. Ortega Suero, M.J. Abenza Abildúa, C. Serrano Munuera, I. Rouco Axpe et al. • Neurología (English Edition) (2023)

Introduction: Ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia are rare neurodegenerative syndromes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of these disorders in Spain in 2019. Patients and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, multicentre, retros...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2023.04.003

Trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the United States, 1975–2018: a population-based study

Xianying Cheng, Ping Wang, Li Cheng, Feng Zhao et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

BackgroundCervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States have substantially declined over recent decades, primarily driven by reductions in squamous cell carcinoma cases. However, the trend in recent years remains unclea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1579446

Metabolic perturbations underlying the associations of endocrine-disrupting chemical mixtures with muscle mass and strength in adults: A repeated-measures study

Kun Huang, Shuoshuo Hu, Yilin Zhou, Qingqing Cao et al. • Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (2025)

Introduction: Adult exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may reduce muscle mass and strength; however, few studies considered EDC mixtures and their potential mechanisms. Objectives: We aimed to explore associations of EDC mixt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.enceco.2025.08.019

Determinants of smoking prevention behavior of senior high school students: A short report

Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Galuh Mega Kurnia, Avinka Nugrahani • Tobacco Induced Diseases (2025)

Introduction With Indonesia ranking top in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the number of smokers aged 13–15 years, this study aims to analyze the factors associated with smoking prevention behavior among students of senior hi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18332/tid/200748

Efficacy of integrative medicine using Yinhua-based herbal granules on herpangina: A Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yongcheng Sheng, Yuhui Zhang, Qin Wang, Qi Hong et al. • Phytomedicine Plus (2022)

Background: Different Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the format of granules, such as Kanggan Granules (KangGs), Kouyanqing Granules (KouGs), Lianhua Qingwen Granules (LQGs), Qingkailing Granules (QGs) and Xiao'er Qingjie Granules (XQ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.phyplu.2022.100351