To make long-term gains against infection inequity, infectious disease epidemiology needs to develop a more sociological imagination.
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad044
Abstract: In their article in this issue of AJE, Kubale et al. (Am J Epidemiol. XXXX;XXX(XX):XXXX-XXXX) articulate in detail the mechanisms connecting high-level 'fundamental social causes' of health inequity to inequitable infectious disease outcomes including infection,… read more here.
Keywords: inequity; disease epidemiology; disease; intervening mechanisms ... See more keywords
Kawasaki disease: epidemiology and the lessons from it
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DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13211
Abstract: A half of century has passed since Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki reported his 50 cases with Kawasaki disease (KD) in 1967. Since then, more than 300 000 cases have been reported to the nationwide epidemiologic surveys… read more here.
Keywords: disease epidemiology; epidemiology lessons; disease; kawasaki disease ... See more keywords
Spatial infectious disease epidemiology: on the cusp
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DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1184-6
Abstract: Infectious diseases continue to pose a significant public health burden despite the great progress achieved in their prevention and control over the last few decades. Our ability to disentangle the factors and mechanisms driving their… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; disease epidemiology; infectious disease; spatial infectious ... See more keywords
Serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology, seroprevalence, vaccine effectiveness and waning immunity, England, 1998/99 to 2015/16
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.1.1700818
Abstract: Background In 1999, the United Kingdom (UK) was the first country to introduce meningococcal group C (MenC) conjugate vaccination. This vaccination programme has evolved with further understanding, new vaccines and changing disease epidemiology. Aim To… read more here.
Keywords: vaccine effectiveness; 1998 2015; menc; disease ... See more keywords
Reality of Kawasaki disease epidemiology
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DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2019.00157
Abstract: Epidemiologic studies of Kawasaki disease (KD) have shown a new pattern or change of its occurrence suggestive of its pathophysiology or risk factors from the first patient with KD reported in 1961. The incidence of… read more here.
Keywords: disease epidemiology; reality kawasaki; kawasaki disease; epidemiology ... See more keywords
Achieving Excellence in the Practice of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
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DOI: 10.5888/pcd15.180526
Abstract: Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, and other chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability and the leading drivers of health care costs in the United States (1). Health disparities and inequalities exist… read more here.
Keywords: disease epidemiology; chronic diseases; chronic disease; disease ... See more keywords