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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

Role of Goats in the Epidemiology of <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>

Sofia Anastácio, Sérgio Ramalho de Sousa, Maria José Saavedra, Gabriela Jorge da Silva • Biology (2022)

Since its first description in the late 1930s, Q fever has raised many questions. Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent, is a zoonotic pathogen affecting a wide range of hosts. This airborne organism leads to an obligate, intracellular lif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology11121703

The M235T polymorphism in the angiotensinogen gene is not a major risk factor for diabetic nephropathy; a meta-analysis

Bhuneshwar Sahu, Shashikant Swarnakar, Henu Kumar Verma, Thavanati Parvathi Kumara Reddy et al. • Journal of Preventive Epidemiology (2022)

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients. The angiotensin AGT M235T gene polymorphism, which is linked to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), has been extensive...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.34172/jpe.2022.15

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

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

Epidemiology of ovarian cancer

Patricia Gaona-Luviano, Lourdes Adriana Medina-Gaona, Kassandra Magaña-Pérez • Chinese Clinical Oncology (2020)

Worldwide, ovarian cancer (OC) is the seventh most common type of malignant neoplasm in women and the eighth cause of mortality in them. The classification of OC is made by the possible origin of one of the three main components of the ovar...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.21037/cco-20-34

Colon Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiology

John D. Potter, Martha L. Slattery, Roberd M. Bostick, Susan M. Gapstur • Epidemiologic Reviews (1993)

John D. Potter, Martha L. Slattery, Roberd M. Bostick, Susan M. Gapstur; Colon Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 15, Issue 2,...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036132

The epidemiology of scrapie

Linda A. Detwiler, Matthew Baylis • Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) (2003)

This review provides an update on the epidemiology of scrapie. The authors provide historical and recent information regarding the determination of geographical distribution, pathogenesis, transmission, genetic influence and the dynamics of...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.22.1.1386

Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease

Monique M.B. Breteler, Jules J. Claus, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Lenore J. Launer et al. • Epidemiologic Reviews (1992)

Monique M. B. Breteler, Jules J. Claus, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Lenore J. Launer, Albert Hofman; Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volu...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036092