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Associations of carotid flow velocity with cerebral perfusion and cerebral small vessel disease: a community-based prospective study

Peipei Yang, Xiaoshuai Li, Yuqing Huang, Xinyu Zhao et al. • European Journal of Medical Research (2025)

Abstract Objectives To explore the associations of carotid artery hemodynamic parameters with cerebral perfusion and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in a healthy population. Methods A total of 654 participants from the Kailuan communit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40001-025-03238-3

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

Assessing PM2.5 pollution in the Northeastern United States from the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke: an episodic study integrating air quality and health impact modeling with emissions and meteorological uncertainty analysis

Hao He, Timothy P Canty, Russell R Dickerson, Joel Dreessen et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Between June 6 and 8, 2023, wildfires in Quebec, Canada generated massive smoke plumes that traveled long distances and deteriorated air quality across the Northeastern United States (US). Surface daily PM _2.5 observations exceeded 100 µ g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae10c9

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

The epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori resistance in a university affiliated hospital: a comparison between two time periods—a cross-sectional design

Haim Shmuely, Yekaterina Shvartsman, Rita Berdinstein, Jacob Yahav et al. • European Journal of Medical Research (2023)

Abstract Purpose During the last few decades, the increased use of various types of antibiotics in the general population caused a significant change in regional Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antibiotic resistance. Our aim is to study the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01500-0

Current Epidemiology ofPneumocystisPneumonia

Alison Morris, Jens Dilling Lundgren, Henry Masur, Peter D. Walzer et al. • Emerging infectious diseases (2004)

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) has historically been one of the leading causes of disease among persons with AIDS. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in industrialized nations has brought about dramatic declines in the i...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.030985 PMC: 3323247

First seroprevalence survey of bovine anaplasmosis: an emerging tick-borne disease in commercial livestock and dairy farms in Bangladesh

Md. Makshuder Rahman Zim, Nurnabi Ahmed, Mostak Ahmed, Md. Abu Haris Miah et al. • Parasitology (2024)

Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by Anaplasma species, which is accountable for huge economic loss in dairy industry. This study was aimed to determine the seroprevalence of bovine anaplasmosis on randomly sel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024001495

Epidemiology of varicose veins

Michael J. Callam • British journal of surgery (1994)

Assessment and treatment of varicose veins comprises a significant part of the surgical workload. In the UK, National Health Service waiting lists suggest that there is still considerable unmet need. This review analyses all published data ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800810204

Concepts of Epidemiology

Raj S. Bhopal • Oxford University Press eBooks (2008)

Abstract Epidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, and is concerned with the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of disease. This book teaches its applications to population health research, ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199543144.001.0001

Introduction to Epidemiology

Sajid Suleman • Elsevier eBooks (1978)

This chapter introduces the foundational concepts of epidemiology as the scientific study of health and disease patterns in populations. It outlines the distinction between descriptive and analytical approaches, establishing the importance ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-745250-0.50015-1

Epidemiology of peripheral neuropathy.

Christopher N Martyn, Richard AC Hughes • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (1997)

Peripheral neuropathy occurs as a component of several common and many rare diseases.It is heterogenous in aetiology, diverse in pathology, and varied in severity.The term peripheral neuropathy includes symmetric polyneuropathy, single and ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.62.4.310 PMC: 1074084

High sensitivity C-reactive protein distribution in the elderly: the Bambuí Cohort Study, Brazil

L.G.S. Assunção, S.M. Eloi-Santos, S.V. Peixoto • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (2012)

The measurement of the serum concentration of the acute-phase reactant C-reactive protein (CRP) provides a useful marker in clinical practice. However, the distribution of CRP is not available for all age and population groups. This study a...

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Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus in Bangladeshi General Population

Mamun Al-Mahtab, Salimur Rahman, Fazal Karim, Graham Foster et al. • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal (2009)

Background: Hepatitis C virus is encountered sporadically in Bangladesh. It results in a wide range liver diseases, with asymptomatic acute hepatitis rarely at one end to HCC at the other end of the spectrum. Methods: 1018 individuals of ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3329/bsmmuj.v2i1.3705

Cost effective reproduction number based strategies for reducing deaths from COVID-19

Christopher Thron, Vianney Mbazumutima, Luis V. Tamayo, Léonard Todjihounde • Journal of Mathematics in Industry (2021)

Abstract In epidemiology, the effective reproduction number R e $R_{e}$ is used to characterize the growth rate of an epidemic outbreak. If R e > 1 $R_{e} >1$ , the epidemic worsens, and if R e < 1 $R_{e}< 1$ , then it subsides and eventual...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13362-021-00107-6

Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences (2026)

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210

Epidemiology and burden of osteoarthritis

Anna Litwic, Mark Hiley Edwards, Elaine Margaret Dennison, Cyrus C. Cooper • British Medical Bulletin (2013)

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease involving the cartilage and many of its surrounding tissues. Disease progression is usually slow but can ultimately lead to joint failure with pain and disability. OA of the hi...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/lds038 PMC: 3690438

Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease

Michael H. Criqui, Victor Aboyans • Circulation Research (2015)

New data on the epidemiology of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are available, and they should be integrated with previous data. We provide an updated, integrated overview of the epidemiology of PAD, a focused literature review was conducte...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.116.303849

The Epidemiology of Endometriosis

Daniel William Cramer, Stacey A. Missmer • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2002)

Advances in understanding the epidemiology of endometriosis have lagged behind other diseases because of methodologic problems related to disease definition and control selection. Nevertheless, a better picture of the epidemiology of endome...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02761.x

Epidemiology;: An introductory text

Judith S. Mausner, Anita K. Bahn • Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) (1974)

This classic text presents the basic principles of epidemiology. It includes coverage of epidemiologic concepts, measurements of morbidity and mortality, sources of data on community health, selected indices of health, descriptive epidemiol...

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