Epidemiology and Global Health

Epidemiology and Global Health

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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Heterogeneity of use, access and retention of insecticide-treated nets: implications for subnational tailoring to maximise malaria control

    Andrew C Glover, Hannah Koenker ... Thomas S Churcher
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Understanding Pain in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Risks and Treatment Effectiveness

    Tess Cherlin, Stephanie Mohammed ... Shefali S Verma
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Repurposed small molecule toxin inhibitors neutralise a diversity of venoms from the Neotropical viperid snake genus Bothrops

    Rachel H Clare, Adam Westhorpe ... Nicholas R Casewell
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Estimating probabilities of malaria importation in southern Mozambique through P. falciparum genomics and mobility patterns

    Arnau Pujol, Arlindo Chidimatembue ... Alfredo Mayor
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    A natural experiment in Kenya reveals durable immunosuppressive effects of early childhood malaria: a longitudinal cohort study

    Mercy S Safari, Timothy O Makori ... Charles J Sande
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics based on population-level cycle threshold values: An epidemic transmission and machine learning modeling study

    Afraz Arif Khan, Hind Sbihi ... Catherine A Hogan
    Modeling approaches demonstrate utility for incidence and reproductive number prediction and have potential to complement traditional surveillance in real time to guide public health interventions.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    From multiplicity of infection to force of infection for sparsely sampled Plasmodium falciparum populations at high transmission

    Qi Zhan, Kathryn E Tiedje ... Mercedes Pascual
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Rift Valley fever virus dynamics in a transhumant cattle system in The Gambia

    Essa Jarra, Divine Ekwem ... Daniel T Haydon
    Endemic Rift Valley fever virus circulation in The Gambia is driven by seasonal cattle movements and eco-region differences, highlighting livestock mobility as a key target for effective control strategies.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Heterogeneous associations of polygenic indices of 35 traits with mortality: a register-linked population-based follow-up study

    Hannu Lahtinen, Jaakko Kaprio ... Pekka Martikainen
    Polygenic indices related to the best-established social, psychological, and behavioural mortality risk phenotypes had the strongest associations with mortality.

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    Indian Council of Medical Research, India
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    McGill University, Canada
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    University of Michigan, United States
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