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Showing 1 to 20 of 223 for “"disease burden"”.
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Multi-state modelling to estimate infectious disease burden
Infectious diseases have plagued humanity for millennia, with outbreaks such as cholera and smallpox claiming countless lives. As was demonstrated by COVID-19, our interconnected world is now more susceptible than ever to the global spread of an infectious disease pandemic. Despite advances in …
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Disease burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome at four referral hospital in Zambia
… significant but unknown morbidity and mortality burden. We conducted a combined survey for retrospective and prospective occurrences at referral hospitals in Lusaka, Copperbelt and Southern provinces of Zambia to assess the burden of CRS in the three provinces. Methods: Data for 2010 to 2015 was …
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Disease burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome at four referral hospital in Zambia
… significant but unknown morbidity and mortality burden. We conducted a combined survey for retrospective and prospective occurrences at referral hospitals in Lusaka, Copperbelt and Southern provinces of Zambia to assess the burden of CRS in the three provinces. Methods: Data for 2010 to 2015 was …
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Hungering for Survival: Trends in under-5 malnutrition and attributable disease burden
… is a known risk factor for a myriad childhood diseases and causes of death, including intestinal infectious diseases, acute respiratory infections, measles, malaria, and protein-energy malnutrition. The nutrition literature lacks estimates of deaths and disease burden attributable to each …
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Geostatistical design and analysis for estimating local variations in malaria disease burden
… and analysis methods are increasingly used in disease mapping, particularly in resource-limited settings where uniformly precise mapping may be unrealistically costly and the priority is often to identify critical areas where interventions can have the most health impact. In this thesis, which …
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Health-related quality of life and disease burden of psoriasis in Iran
… among patients with a chronic dermatological disease, namely psoriasis. This study was part of a psoriasis research project leaded by researchers at Corvinus University; most of it was conducted in Hungary. Psoriasis is of high interest due to its prevalence, impact on patients’ HRQOL and, …
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Modelling the hepatitis C virus disease burden among injecting drug users in Scotland
… and progressed to mild, moderate and severe HCV disease in Glasgow and Scotland between 1960 and 2030. The model was developed initially for Glasgow because more epidemiological information exists for this region, than elsewhere in Scotland, to calibrate model outcomes with local data relating to …
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Low intake of fruits and vegetables in Thailand : magnitude, disease burden and urban influence
… influences. A rise in chronic non-communicable diseases, coupled with the existing malnutrition problems addresses the recent national concerns. Fruits and vegetables, as healthful food choices, can play an important part in alleviating this situation and preventing those health problems of both …
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hs-CRP level represents the disease burden and the age but not vulnerability of coronary atherosclerosis
… levels were positively correlated to mean plaque burden, total plaque volume index, volume index of FF and DC. But parameters of NC and the number of VH-TCFA were not related with hs-CRP level. In multivariate analysis, the volume index of DC was most reliable factor to hs-CRP (β=3.646, CI=2.036 …
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Predictors of Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: Relationships Between Cognitive, Physical, and Subjective Measures of Disease Burden
… as part of the Cognition and Demyelinating Disease project at the UTSW MS Clinic. Out of all cognitive, physical, and self-report predictors of overall health-related QoL, only the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) was significant, accounting for 31% of the variance in Overall scores on …
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Virginia Wastewater Surveillance: Can SARS-CoV-2 Once-Weekly Sampling Predict Imminent Rises in Community COVID-19 Disease Burden?
… health data, helping contextualize community disease burden. This is especially important in the absence of reliable case reporting. However, with WWS being so new, many public health practitioners struggle to understand and apply its nuance. There is a need to provide easy, actionable …
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Bronchiectasis in African children: disease burden, aetiology and clinical spectrum at a paediatric tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… bronchiectasis is a common cause of chronic lung disease globally, particularly in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC). Data from LMIC is lacking. We aimed to describe the disease burden, aetiology, and clinical spectrum of bronchiectasis in children attending a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, …
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FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION, DISEASE BURDEN AND PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE ITALIAN COPD REGISTRY
Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease characterized by variable respiratory symptoms and by different degrees of small airways dysfunction and emphysema. Patients with COPD are at increased risk of exacerbations, hospitalizations and …
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Assessing Health Status, Disease Burden, and Quality of Life in Appalachia Tennessee: The Importance of Using Multiple Data Sources in Health Research.
… studies have assessed the quality of life and burden of disease on those residing in Appalachia. Therefore, the overall aim of this dissertation was to assess the health status, burden of disease, and quality of life in Appalachia using available data and improved health outcome assessment …
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Disease burden, cost modelling and the AIDS funding debate-towards clarity on whether the world is spending 'too much' on HIV/AIDS
… HIV/AIDS receives too much money relative to its disease burden and, secondly, that the future costs of treating those with the disease will become unmanageable. This paper seeks to clarify each of these two areas...
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Factors Involved in Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Study from the Dallas ITP Cohort
… may all play a role in parental/child disease burden in childhood ITP. However, the precise factors involved in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) changes reported by these patients and their families are largely unknown. Our aim was to prospectively explore relationships between …
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Infectious Diseases Attributable to Non-optimal Temperature in Australia: Current Burden and Future Projections in a Changing Climate
… risks for emerging and re-emerging of infectious diseases. While studies have documented the association between non-optimal temperature and infectious disease transmission, evidence for the temperature-attributable burden of these diseases using comprehensive measures like Disability-Adjusted …
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Calling the shots on vaccination: when is the state justified in overturning a refusal to vaccinate?
… Today it is recognised that, far from spreading disease, vaccination is one of the cheapest and most effective public health interventions. Immunization against infectious diseases has drastically reduced mortality and morbidity, particularly among children, and has diminished the disease burden …
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Mental disorders and violence-related injuries : prevention opportunities in emergency centres
… make significant contributions to the global disease burden, mostly affecting young people. In emergency centres, mental disorders and violence-related injuries are commonly seen and, according to international data, violently injured patients are at-risk for mental disorders. Despite the …
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