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The world's last known case of smallpox resulting from human-to-human transmission in an endemic focus occurred in Somalia in October 1977, and there remains the task of documenting the global eradication of the disease and establishing the safety of vaccination. Those countries as yet uncertified have been grouped int…

BACKGROUND: To address the increasing age of pertussis cases, Yukon replaced the Grade 9 tetanus/diphtheria/inactivated polio booster with diphtheria/tetanus/acellular pertussis (dTap) and implemented a dTap catch-up program for Grade 12 students. The program began in June 2004, making Yukon one of the first Canadian j…

This study assessed the injury incidence, mechanisms, and associated potential risk factors for hip-hop, popping, locking, house, and breaking dance styles. Data were collected from June to November 2015. The retrospective cohort study included 146 dancers (female: N = 67; age = 20 ± 4.2 years; males: N = 79; age…

BACKGROUND: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent cause of respiratory infections in school children and adolescents. Epidemiological suspicion is important, since there are no specific symptoms or signs to help in diagnosing infection caused by this agent. OBJECTIVE: To determine the variation in prevalence over the la…

Every paper in thefrom 1980 to 2024 (=5,176) was reviewed to quantify female and male research participants and authors. Female individuals accounted for 23% of participants. One contributor to this under-representation is that the number of studies that include male participants is 3,847 versus 1,826 studies with fema…

This study examines the current utilization of primary and preventive health care services among dancers in order to assess their self-reported primary care needs. Participants were 37 dancers from a variety of dance backgrounds who presented for a free dancer health screening in a large US metropolitan area (30 female…

Does placement of impenetrable sharps disposal systems in hospitals reduce needle-stick injury? To study this question, annual health questionnaires were distributed on a quarterly basis to all 8000 employees in an academic medical center in a large eastern US metropolitan city asking each employee whether he or she ha…

Globally, freshwater ecosystems are threatened. Research progress concerning African freshwater snails was reviewed using a systematic review process. Since 1757, the number of publications produced has increased, particularly in the last decade. In the first 50 years (1757-1800), 0.1% of publications on freshwa…

UNLABELLED: The evolution of serological tests for syphilis (STSs) after therapy in HIV+ patients is a major point of controversy, with possible seroreactivation and illicit seroreversion in these patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of STSs in a cohort of HIV+ male homosexuals with a hi…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the oral health knowledge, attitudes and behavior of urban, rural and suburban adults in Deyang, PR China, and analyze the influence of several variables on the utilization of dental services. METHODS: 1010 adults with 35-44 years old from urban, rural and suburban areas were interviewed by Q…

All men and women aged 40-42 years in Norway (except in Oslo, the capital city) were invited to tuberculosis and cardiovascular screenings during the period 1963-95. Height and weight were measured. Men who attended the last screening in 1991-95 were on average 3.0 cm taller than the generation who attended the first s…

For a period of 17 years a total of 377 patients have been on hemodialysis treatment--242 men (64.2 per cent) and 135 women (35.8 per cent). During the first nine years the difference between men and women was significant (71.6 and 28.4 per cent respectively), in the next 8 years however it fell--accordingly 58.6 and 4…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to investigate the relationship between oral contraceptives, non-contraceptive oestrogens, and the risk of gallstone disease requiring surgery. DESIGN: This was a hospital based case-control study carried out between 1987 and 1990. Main outcome measures were frequency of consumption of ora…

OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between the use of acetaminophen and the frequency of asthma in Mexican children in 3 Mexican cities. METHODS: Ours was a multicenter, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Patients from 6 to 7 years of age participating in Phase Three B of the ISAAC (International…

BACKGROUND: Concerns have been expressed with regard to suitability for cochlear implantation of children deafened by cytomegalovirus because of possible coexisting central disorders/learning difficulties. The aim of the current study was to assess speech perception and intelligibility of speech produced by children de…