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Epidemic modelling suggests that in specific circumstances masks may become more effective when fewer contacts wear them
BackgroundThe effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 depends on many contextual factors, including...
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A data-driven metapopulation model for the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic: assessing the impact of lockdown and exit strategies
BackgroundIn response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, several countries adopted measures of social distancing to a different degree. For many...
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Investigating and analyzing the current situation and factors influencing chronic neck, shoulder, and lumbar back pain among medical personnel after the epidemic
BackgroundChronic shoulder and neck pain is one of the most common chronic occupational disorders, with an average incidence rate of 48.5%, severely...
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Impact of pre-event testing and quarantine on reducing the risk of COVID-19 epidemic rebound: a modelling study
BackgroundWith the evolving growth of the COVID-19 epidemic, travel restriction policies would need to be adjusted accordingly. Prohibition of mass...
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Information System as part of epidemic management in Burkina Faso: from plan to reality (Field Findings)
BackgroundHealth information systems (HIS) in most develo** countries face many challenges. In view of the recurrent weaknesses in preparedness and...
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Public and health professional epidemic risk perceptions in countries that are highly vulnerable to epidemics: a systematic review
BackgroundRisk communication interventions during epidemics aim to modify risk perceptions to achieve rapid shifts in population health behaviours....
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Advancing the community plan to end the HIV Epidemic in Philadelphia: a qualitative descriptive evaluation of low-threshold PrEP services in sexual health clinics
BackgroundPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention method and a key component of Philadelphia’s Community Plan to End the HIV...
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The local burden of disease during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in England: estimation using different data sources from changing surveillance practices
BackgroundThe COVID-19 epidemic has differentially impacted communities across England, with regional variation in rates of confirmed cases,...
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Human immunodeficiency virus epidemic scenery among brazilian women: a spatial analysis study
BackgroundApproximately 37.7 million people worldwide are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although HIV detection among women, they...
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The progression of the tobacco epidemic in India on the national and regional level, 1998-2016
BackgroundEvidence regarding the progression of the tobacco epidemic remains fragmented in low- and middle-income countries. In India, most of the...
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Evaluating the sensitivity of jurisdictional heterogeneity and jurisdictional mixing in national level HIV prevention analyses: context of the U.S. ending the HIV epidemic plan
BackgroundThe U.S. Ending the HIV epidemic (EHE) plan aims to reduce annual HIV incidence by 90% by 2030, by first focusing interventions on 57...
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Temporal trend and spatial analysis of the HIV epidemic in young men who have sex with men in the second largest Brazilian Amazonian province
BackgroundAfter 40 years of its starting, the HIV epidemic in Brazilian Amazon region remains on an increasing trend. The young men who have sex with...
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Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ireland under mitigation
BackgroundIn Ireland and across the European Union the COVID-19 epidemic waves, driven mainly by the emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 have...
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The Significance of Epidemic Plasmids in the Success of Multidrug-Resistant Drug Pandemic Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Epidemic IncF plasmids have been pivotal in the selective advantage of multidrug-resistant (MDR) extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC)....
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A quantitative evaluation of the impact of vaccine roll-out rate and coverage on reducing deaths: insights from the first 2 years of COVID-19 epidemic in Iran
BackgroundVaccination has played a pivotal role in reducing the burden of COVID-19. Despite numerous studies highlighting its benefits in reducing...
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Factors predicting self-care behavior of cardiovascular patients during the COVID-19 epidemic
BackgroundThe COVID-19 virus has had wide-ranging effects on all healthcare systems and a direct impact on all areas of human life in all countries...
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Data needs and models for the opioid epidemic
The evolving nature of the opioid epidemic and continued increases in overdose deaths highlight a need for fundamental change in the collection and...
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Mixed methods implementation research to understand success of intensive combination approach to roll back the epidemic in Nigerian adolescents) (iCARE Nigeria) HIV testing uptake and linkage to care among young men focusing on young men who have sex with men in Ibadan
BackgroundHIV seroprevalence in Nigeria is increasing among men who have sex with men (MSM) from 14% to 2007 to 23% in 2014, threatening progress...
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New sexually transmitted HIV infections from 2016 to 2050 in Guangdong Province, China: a study based on a dynamic compartmental model
BackgroundIn Guangdong Province, China, there is lack of information on the HIV epidemic among high-risk groups and the general population,...
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The effect of self-limiting on the prevention and control of the diffuse COVID-19 epidemic with delayed and temporal-spatial heterogeneous
BackgroundThe global spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia is still continuing, and a new round of more serious outbreaks has even begun in some...
