Nanditha, Ni Gusti Ayu Paiero, Adrianna Tafessu, Hiwot M St-Jean, Martin McLinden, Taylor Justice, Amy C Kopec, Jacek Montaner, Julio S G Hogg, Robert S Lima, Viviane D
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BMJ Open
Objectives As people living with HIV (PLWH) live longer, morbidity and mortality from non-AIDS comorbidities have emerged as major concerns. Our objective was to compare prevalence trends and age at diagnosis of nine chronic age-associated comorbidities between individuals living with and without HIV. Design and setting This population-based cohort...
Gutema, Fanta D Rasschaert, Geertrui Agga, Getahun E Jufare, Alemnesh Duguma, Addisu B Abdi, Reta D Duchateau, Luc Crombe, Florence Gabriël, Sarah De Zutter, Lieven
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Foodborne pathogens and disease
Escherichia coli O157 is a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli causing disease in humans. Cattle are the primary reservoir of the pathogen. Information regarding the contribution of cattle to diarrheal illnesses in humans through consumption of contaminated beef is scarce in Ethiopia. We collected samples from 240 cattle, 127 beef, and 216 diarrheic pati...
Meral Gunes, Adalet Millot, Frederic Kalwak, Krzysztof Lausen, Birgitte Sedlacek, Petr Versluys, A. Birgitta Dworzak, Michael De Moerloose, Barbara Suttorp, Meinolf
Introduction Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is rare in the first two decades of life comprising only 3% of newly diagnosed pediatric and adolescent leukemias. We studied the epidemiologic and clinical features of patients with CML diagnosed at younger than 3 years of age and evaluated treatment and long-term outcome. Method Data from the Internatio...
BAUDIN, Clémence Lefevre, Marie CHAMPELOVIER, Patricia Lambert, Jacques Laumon, Bernard EVRARD, Anne-Sophie
Background: Noise is a major public health issue because of its negative impacts on health, including annoyance, sleep disturbance, cardiovascular diseases and altered cognitive performance among children. Self-rated health status (SRHS) can be considered as a reliable indicator of quality of life, morbidity and mortality but few studies have consi...
Gebregiorgis, Birhan Gebresillassie Takele, Goitom Molalign Ayenew, Kassahun Dires Amare, Yosef Eshetie
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BMJ open
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are public health problems of global concern and are notably prevalent in developing countries. The prevalence of HAI and its associated factors are not well described in the context of Ethiopia. Currently, the nationwide prevalence of HAI and its corresponding associated factors have not been formally reported i...
Costemalle, Vianney Courtejoie, Noémie Miron de l'Espinay, Albane epicov, équipe Warszawski, Josiane Bajos, Nathalie de Lamballerie, Xavier Meyer, Laurence Rouquette, Alexandra Jusot, Florence
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Cette étude a pour objectif d’estimer les taux d’hospitalisation des individus infectés par le SARS-CoV-2 au cours de la première vague de l’épidémie de Covid-19 en France, puis d’estimer la capacité de détection du système de dépistage de la Covid-19 par RT-PCR depuis son déploiement fin mai 2020. Au cours de la première vague de l’épidémie de Cov...
Pouwels, Koen B Vansteelandt, Stijn Batra, Rahul Edgeworth, Jonathan Wordsworth, Sarah Robotham, Julie V
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Studies estimating excess length of stay (LOS) attributable to nosocomial infections have failed to address time-varying confounding, likely leading to overestimation of their impact. We present a methodology based on inverse probability-weighted survival curves to address this limitation. A case study focusing on intensive care unit-acquired bacte...
Sun, Louise Y Mielniczuk, Lisa M Liu, Peter P Beanlands, Rob S Chih, Sharon Davies, Ross Coutinho, Thais Lee, Douglas S Austin, Peter C Bader Eddeen, Anan
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BMJ Open
Objectives To examine the temporal trends in mortality and heart failure (HF) hospitalisation in ambulatory patients following a new diagnosis of HF. Design Retrospective cohort study Setting Outpatient Participants Ontario residents who were diagnosed with HF in an outpatient setting between 1994 and 2013. Primary and secondary outcome measures Th...
Satyana, Regina P U Uli, Regina E Magliano, Dianna Zomer, Ella Liew, Danny Ademi, Zanfina
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BMJ open
To estimate the impact of smoking in the working-age Indonesian population in terms of costs, years of life, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and productivity-adjusted life years (PALYs) lost. Life table modelling of Indonesian smokers aged 15-54 years, followed up until 55 years (retirement age). Contemporary data on demographics, all-cause mor...
Valdebenito, Sara Murray, Aja Hughes, Claire Băban, Adriana Fernando, Asvini D Madrid, Bernadette J. Ward, Catherine Osafo, Joseph Dunne, Michael Sikander, Siham
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Introduction Violence against children is a health, human rights and social problem affecting approximately half of the world’s children. Its effects begin at prenatal stages with long-lasting impacts on later health and well-being. The Evidence for Better Lives Study (EBLS) aims to produce high-quality longitudinal data from cities in eight low- a...