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Malaria epidemiology in a rural area of the Mekong Delta: a prospective community-based study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Epidemiology of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Universiteit Gent
New frontiers for environmental epidemiology in a changing world Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
Background: In the next 25 years, transformative changes, in particular the rapid pace of technological development and data availability, will require environmental epidemiologists to prioritize what should (rather than could) be done to most effectively improve population health. Objectives: In this essay, we map out key driving forces that will shape environmental epidemiology in the next 25 years. We also identify how the field should adapt ...
The relationship between transmission time and clustering methods in Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
BACKGROUND: Tracking recent transmission is a vital part of controlling widespread pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Multiple methods with specific performance characteristics exist for detecting recent transmission chains, usually by clustering strains based on genotype similarities. With such a large variety of methods available, informed selection of an appropriate approach for determining transmissions within a given ...
Leishmaniases in the Mediterranean in the era of molecular epidemiology Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
Epidemiology of fractures in the United Kingdom 1988-2012: Variation with age, sex, geography, ethnicity and socioeconomic status Universiteit Hasselt
The Summary: Rates of fracture worldwide are changing. Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), age, and gender, geographical, ethnic and socioeconomic trends in fracture rates across the United Kingdom were studied over a 24-year period 1988-2012. Previously observed patterns in fracture incidence by age and fracture site were evident. New data on the influence of geographic location, ethnic group and socioeconomic status were ...
On epidemiology of fractures and variation with age and ethnicity Universiteit Hasselt
We recently demonstrated differences in fracture incidence by ethnicity in the UK population using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) [1]. In their letter, Harper et al. [2] draw attention to the differential age structure of the UK population by ethnicity, and suggest that the lower incidence of fractures in Asian adults over 50 years might reflect the lower proportion of very elderly individuals within this demographic compared ...
The epidemiology of fractures in Denmark in 2011 Universiteit Hasselt
In the present study, we used national health care databases to estimate fracture incidence rates (IRs) and compared these IRs based on imputed data. We showed that imputation could lead to both over- and underestimation of IRs, and future research should therefore focus on how to improve those imputations. Osteoporosis is a major public health burden through associated (osteoporotic) fractures. In Denmark, the incidence rates (IRs) of hip ...