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A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an Adolescent HIV Prevention Program Among Bahamian Youth: Effect at 12 Months Post-Intervention
Behavioral interventions based on the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) have been demonstrated to reduce HIV risk behavior among mid- and older adolescents in different settings across the globe but have not ...
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Open AccessA local outbreak of dengue caused by an imported case in Dongguan China
Dengue, a mosquito-borne febrile viral disease, is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world. Since the first occurrence of dengue was confirmed in Guangdong, China in 1978, dengue outbreaks ...
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Predictors of Responsiveness Among Early Adolescents to a School-Based Risk Reduction Intervention Over 3 Years
This study assesses potential predictive factors for unresponsiveness to the “Focus on Youth in the Caribbean (FOYC)” intervention using longitudinal data from 1,360 Bahamian sixth-grade youth. Results from hi...
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Open AccessCarbonyl stress induces hypertension and cardio–renal vascular injury in Dahl salt-sensitive rats
One major precursor of carbonyl stress, methylglyoxal (MG), is elevated in the plasma of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and this precursor contributes to the progression of vascular injury, hypertensio...
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Open AccessAge-period-cohort analysis of infectious disease mortality in urban-rural China, 1990–2010
Although a number of studies on infectious disease trends in China exist, these studies have not distinguished the age, period, and cohort effects simultaneously. Here, we analyze infectious disease mortality ...
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Open AccessA new platform for global health research and policy exchange and communication
Peer-reviewed publications are essential to promote the development of global health sciences. Wuhan University Global Health Institute, in partnership with BioMed Central, launches Global Health Research and Pol...
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Open AccessProtection motivation theory and cigarette smoking among vocational high school students in China: a cusp catastrophe modeling analysis
Tobacco use is one of the greatest public health problems worldwide and the hazards of cigarette smoking to public health call for better recognition of cigarette smoking behaviors to guide evidence-based poli...
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Open AccessShifts in endocrine homeostasis and preventive hormone replacement therapy: extending the Women’s Health Initiative globally
Reducing disease risk for women after menopause is global health issue. A major portion of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) consisted of two clinical trials involving 161,809 post-menopausal women aged 50–7...
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Trajectories of Marijuana Use among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative MSM in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), 1984–2013
To construct longitudinal trajectories of marijuana use in a sample of men who have sex with men living with or at-risk for HIV infection. We determined factors associated with distinct trajectories of use as ...
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Open AccessPhylodynamic applications in 21st century global infectious disease research
Phylodynamics, the study of the interaction between epidemiological and pathogen evolutionary processes within and among populations, was originally defined in the context of rapidly evolving viruses and used ...
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Open AccessCross-country Association of Press Freedom and LGBT freedom with prevalence of persons living with HIV: implication for global strategy against HIV/AIDS
Human behaviors are affected by attitudes and beliefs, which in turn are shaped by higher-level values to which we have ascribed. In this study, we explore the relationship between two higher-level values, pre...
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Open AccessPhotoperiodic diapause in a subtropical population of Aedes albopictus in Guangzhou, China: optimized field-laboratory-based study and statistical models for comprehensive characterization
Aedes albopictus is among the 100 most invasive species worldwide and poses a major risk to public health. Photoperiodic diapause provides a crucial ecological basis for the adaptation of this species to adverse ...
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Interpreting stimulated plasma renin and aldosterone to select physiologically individualized therapy for resistant hypertension: importance of the class of stimulating drugs
In the treatment of resistant hypertension, physiologically individualized therapy based on phenoty** with plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone significantly improves blood pressure control. Pa...
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Open AccessMarijuana legalization and historical trends in marijuana use among US residents aged 12–25: results from the 1979–2016 National Survey on drug use and health
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. More and more states legalized medical and recreational marijuana use. Adolescents and emerging adults are at high risk for marijuana use....
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Open AccessDefervescent dengue patients might be a potential source of infection for vector mosquitoes
Dengue is a re-emerging public health problem and mosquito-borne infectious disease that is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Early diagnosis, isolation, and treatment of patients are critic...
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Open AccessFirst two months of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic in China: real-time surveillance and evaluation with a second derivative model
Similar to outbreaks of many other infectious diseases, success in controlling the novel 2019 coronavirus infection requires a timely and accurate monitoring of the epidemic, particularly during its early peri...
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Open AccessThe novel coronavirus outbreak: what can be learned from China in public reporting?
The new coronavirus outbreak gets everyone’s attention. China’s national actions against the outbreak have contributed great contributions to the world. China has been learning from practice for better reporti...
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Open AccessWhat is global health? Key concepts and clarification of misperceptions
The call for “Working Together to Build a Community of Shared Future for Mankind” requires us to improve people’s health across the globe, while global health development entails a satisfactory answer to a fundam...
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Open AccessReconstructing and forecasting the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States using a 5-parameter logistic growth model
Many studies have modeled and predicted the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in the U.S. using data that begins with the first reported cases. However, the shortage of testing services to detect i...
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Open AccessFactors associated with diagnostic delay in recurrent TB
Recurrent tuberculosis (TB) contributes to the burden of TB. The study was designed to explore the time of diagnostic delay and risk of delay in patients with recurrent TB in China.
