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1. Attitudes of orthopedic specialists toward effects of medical device purchasing (Publications)

   Attitudes of orthopedic specialists toward effects of medical device purchasing

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   OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess viewpoints of end-users concerning the purchasing process of high-risk medical devices and to discuss the relevance of health technology assessments (HT

2. Phenotypes of atopic dermatitis depending on the timing of onset and progression in childhood (Publications)

   Phenotypes of atopic dermatitis depending on the timing of onset and progression in childhood

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   Importance: Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory, pruritic skin disease that often occurs in early infancy with a chronic course. However, a specific description of subtypes of atopic dermatitis depen

3. Diplopia and ptosis after diarrhea - a diagnostic challenge (Publications)

   Diplopia and ptosis after diarrhea - a diagnostic challenge

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4. Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in western Kenya (Publications)

   Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in western Kenya

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   INTRODUCTION: The effect of malaria exposure on mortality using health facility incidence data as a measure of transmission has not been well investigated. Health and demographic surveillance systems

5. Draft genome sequences of seven <em>Streptococcus agalactiae </em>strains isolated from <em>Camelus dromedarius</em> at the Horn of Africa (Publications)

   Draft genome sequences of seven <em>Streptococcus agalactiae </em>strains isolated from <em>Camelus dromedarius</em> at the Horn of Africa

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   We present draft whole-genome sequences of seven Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from Camelus dromedarius in Kenya and Somalia. These data are an extension to the group B Streptococcus (GBS)

6. Disease burden due to gastrointestinal infections among people living along the major wastewater system in Hanoi, Vietnam (Publications)

   Disease burden due to gastrointestinal infections among people living along the major wastewater system in Hanoi, Vietnam

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   Background: Despite recent improvements of wastewater treatment capacities in urban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam, microbial pollution is still considerable. There is a paucity of burden estimates due to ga

7. Preventive chemotherapy in one year reduces by over 80% the number of individuals with soil-transmitted helminthiases causing morbidity: results from... (Publications)

   Preventive chemotherapy in one year reduces by over 80% the number of individuals with soil-transmitted helminthiases causing morbidity: results from meta-analysis

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   The morbidity due to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura is caused by infections of moderate and heavy intensity while hookworm infections of all intensities are recognized to cause morbidity

8. Distribution of intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in relation to environmental factors during the dry season in the... (Publications)

   Distribution of intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in relation to environmental factors during the dry season in the Tchologo region, Côte d'Ivoire

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9. Is there an association between ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence? Analysis of 15 European cohorts (Publications)

   Is there an association between ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence? Analysis of 15 European cohorts

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   BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution contains low concentrations of carcinogens implicated in the etiology of urinary bladder cancer (BC). Little is known about whether exposure to air pollution influenc

10. Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan (Publications)

    Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan

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    BACKGROUND: We investigated obesity and weight change in relation to risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Asian patients with Type 2 diabetes using longitudinal data. METHODS: We recruited 1187 dia