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  1. Rectal douching (RD) is widely practiced by men who have sex with men (MSM), and is associated with increased risk of HIV infection. However, the mechanism of how RD increases the risk of HIV infection is not ...

    Authors: Zhen Xing Chu, Guangquan Shen, Qinghai Hu, Hongyi Wang, Jing Zhang, Willa Dong, Yongjun Jiang, Wenqing Geng, Hong Shang and Junjie Xu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:235
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. In 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed to eliminate measles in five regions by 2020. This retrospective descriptive study reviewed measles surveillance data in South Africa for the period 2015—2020 ...

    Authors: Mukhlid Yousif, Heather Hong, Susan Malfeld, Sheilagh Smit, Lillian Makhathini, Tshepo Motsamai, Dipolelo Tselana, Morubula Manamela, Mercy Kamupira, Elizabeth Maseti, Heena Ranchod, Kennedy Otwombe, Kerrigan McCarthy and Melinda Suchard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1647
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  3. The world has been battling several vector-borne diseases since time immemorial. Socio-economic marginality, precipitation variations and human behavioral attributes play a major role in the proliferation of t...

    Authors: Hemlata Sharma, Ashal Ilyas, Abhiroop Chowdhury, Nitesh Kumar Poddar, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Sireen Abdul Rahim Shilbayeh, Alnada Abdalla Ibrahim and Shahanavaj Khan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1402
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  4. The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Operations (AFHSC-GEIS) initiated a coordinated, multidisciplinary program to link data sets...

    Authors: Clara J Witt, Allen L Richards, Penny M Masuoka, Desmond H Foley, Anna L Buczak, Lillian A Musila, Jason H Richardson, Michelle G Colacicco-Mayhugh, Leopoldo M Rueda, Terry A Klein, Assaf Anyamba, Jennifer Small, Julie A Pavlin, Mark M Fukuda, Joel Gaydos and Kevin L Russell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 2):S10
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 2

  5. The mission of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (AFHSC-GEIS) is to support global public health and to counter infectious dis...

    Authors: Nisha N Money, Ryan C Maves, Peter Sebeny, Matthew R Kasper and Mark S Riddle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 2):S7
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 2

  6. The main objective of this study was to test some of the draft sexual health indicators developed by the World Health Organization as part of a comprehensive indicator framework to monitor progress in universa...

    Authors: Cinta Folch, Lev Zohrabyan, Natalia Vagaitseva, Jordi Casabona and Igor Toskin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:187
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Leptospirosis, caused by the Leptospira bacteria, is an acute infectious disease that is mainly transmitted by exposure to contaminated soil or water, thereby presenting a wide range of subsequent clinical condit...

    Authors: Alessandra Jacomelli Teles, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Suellen Caroline M. Silva and Fábio Raphael P. Bruhn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1311
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Vitamin D has multifarious roles in maintenance of health and prevention of disease. The present study was undertaken to assess the vitamin D status of a rural adult south Indian population and to identify its...

    Authors: John Mechenro, Giriprasad Venugopal, M. Buvnesh Kumar, D. Balakrishnan and Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1345
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Measles remains a major public health concern in Thailand despite the introduction of vaccination since 1984. Similar to other countries, Thailand has experienced numerous measles outbreaks including adult com...

    Authors: Siriphan Gonwong, Thippawan Chuenchitra, Patchariya Khantapura, Dilara Islam and Carl J. Mason
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:309
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C virus (HCV) are among the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Health care personnel (HCP) are subjected to increased risk of these infections. Therefore, HBV vaccination and po...

    Authors: Saffar Hiva, Khoshayand Negar, Parsaei Mohammad-Reza, Ghorbani Gholam-Reza, Aarabi Mohsen, Nadi Ghara Ali-Asghar and Saffar Mohammed-Jafar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:920
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. High rates of iron deficiency and anemia are common among Inuit and Arctic women despite a traditional diet based on animal source foods. However, representative data on iron status and relevant determinants f...

    Authors: Jennifer A Jamieson, Harriet V Kuhnlein, Hope A Weiler and Grace M Egeland
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:289
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  13. Shift work, with its growing prevalence globally, disrupts the body's inherent circadian rhythm. This disruption may escalate the risk of chronic diseasesxacerbate chronic disease risk by dysregulating physiol...

    Authors: Li Wang, Qi Ma, BinBin Fang, YinXia Su, Wanxian Lu, Mengdi Liu, Xue Li, Jiwen Liu and LiJuan He
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1139
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Female sex workers (FSWs) are amongst the most susceptible groups to acquire human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and consequently, to develop cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer. This is th...

    Authors: Mohammad Farahmand, Mohsen Moghoofei, Abolfazl Dorost, Saeedeh Abbasi, Seyed Hamidreza Monavari, Seyed Jalal Kiani and Ahmad Tavakoli
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1455
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Although many species of mycoplasmas regard as normal flora, but some species causes serious genital disease. In Iran several epidemiological studies have documented the prevalence of Mycoplasma hominis, M. genit...

    Authors: Khadijeh Moridi, Mohammad Hemmaty, Amir Azimian, Mohammad Hosein Fallah, Hamid Khaneghahi Abyaneh and Kiarash Ghazvini
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1020
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Optimized symptom-based COVID-19 case definitions that guide public health surveillance and individual patient management in the community may assist pandemic control.

    Authors: Hannah E. Reses, Mark Fajans, Scott H. Lee, Charles M. Heilig, Victoria T. Chu, Natalie J. Thornburg, Kim Christensen, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Alicia Fry, Aron J. Hall, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking and Scott A. Nabity
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1747
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. On 5 March 2015, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control was notified of more than 200 students with gastroenteritis at a senior high school during excursion to Kenting. We conducted an outbreak investigation to id...

    Authors: Hao-Yuan Cheng, Min-Nan Hung, Wan-Chin Chen, Yi-Chun Lo, Ying-Shih Su, Hsin-Yi Wei, Meng-Yu Chen, Yen-Chang Tuan, Hui-Chen Lin, Hsu-Yang Lin, Tsung-Yen Liu, Yu-Ying Wang and Fang-Tzy Wu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:870
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Poor sleep quality has been associated with increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and mortality. However, limited information exists on the distribution and determinants of sleep quality and its associatio...

    Authors: Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi, Tony Dadd, An Pan, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin and Oscar H Franco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Self-rated health (SRH) has been demonstrated to be an accurate reflection of a person's health and a valid predictor of incident mortality and chronic morbidity. We aimed to evaluate the distribution and fact...

    Authors: Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi, An Pan, Xingwang Ye, Jing Wang, Qibin Qi, Yong Liu, Huaixing Li, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin and Oscar H Franco
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:368
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Men who have sex with men (MSM) who also report transactional sex (male sex workers or MSWs) are known to be at higher risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The study aimed to profile socio-...

    Authors: Prakash Narayanan, Anjana Das, Guy Morineau, Parimi Prabhakar, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Raman Gangakhedkar and Arun Risbud
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1059
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. An objective diagnosis of sedentary behaviour as well as of the physical activity and fitness levels in youth and to better understand how lifestyle is associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors and o...

    Authors: José Castro-Piñero, Ana Carbonell-Baeza, David Martinez-Gomez, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, Verónica Cabanas-Sánchez, Catalina Santiago, Ana M Veses, Fernando Bandrés, Ana Gonzalez-Galo, Félix Gomez-Gallego, Oscar L Veiga, Jonatan R Ruiz and Ascensión Marcos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:400
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. Although it is well known that obesity is frequently associated with reduced levels of habitual physical activity (HPA), which contributes to determining severe oxidative stress and inflammatory state, this as...

    Authors: Ângela Alves Viegas, Thiago Santos, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Jousielle Márcia dos Santos, Vanessa Kelly da Silva Lage, Amanda Cristina Fernandes, Marco Fabrício Dias Peixoto, Rosane Luzia De Souza Morais, Alessandro Sartorio, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça and Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2353
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  25. HIV incidence has recently increased among people who inject drugs (PWID) across the United States, with outbreaks occurring in states with long-standing syringe service programs (SSPs) including Massachusetts...

    Authors: Angela R. Bazzi, Michelle Bordeu, Katrina Baumgartner, Darien M. Sproesser, Christopher M. Bositis, Douglas S. Krakower, Matthew J. Mimiaga and Katie B. Biello
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:513
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  27. Hepatitis B is one of the most common infectious diseases in China. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among the general population and the risk factor...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Li, Yingjun Zheng, Adrian Liau, Biao Cai, Dongqing Ye, Feng Huang, Xiaorong Sheng, Fuyang Ge, Liu Xuan, Shun Li and Jing Li
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:272
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. The functional significance of moderate riboflavin deficiency as it is currently assessed is not well understood. Animal and human studies have suggested a role for riboflavin in the absorption and mobilisatio...

    Authors: Marilyn HE Hill, Sohail Mushtaq, Elizabeth A Williams, Jack R Dainty and Hilary J Powers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:90
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. Nitrite inhalants have become popular as recreational drugs among the homosexual population in some developed countries since the 1980s. These drugs, also called RUSH in China, have become attractive among Chi...

    Authors: Zheng Zhang, Li Zhang, Feng Zhou, Zhen Li and Jie Yang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:690
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Population-based study is known to be a very essential type of study during and after a pandemic or epidemic, as it provides crucial information on the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of the disease in...

    Authors: Adewale Kayode Ojogbede, Tajudeen Akanji Bamidele, Oluwagbemiga Aina, Toyosi Raheem, Azuka Okwuraiwe, Olufemi Amoo, Kazeem Adewale Osuolale, David Oladele, Abideen Salako, Fehintola Ige, Adesola Zaidat Musa, Ifeoma Idigbe, Fatimah Anwoju, Basit Baruwa, Hussein Abdur-Razzak, Bisola Adebayo…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2559
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  31. Childhood obesity remains a significant public health problem. To date, most research on the causes and correlates of obesity has focused on a small number of direct predictors of obesity rather than testing c...

    Authors: Esther M. Leerkes, Cheryl Buehler, Susan D. Calkins, Lenka H. Shriver and Laurie Wideman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1912
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  32. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 is largely driven by pre-symptomatic or mildly symptomatic individuals transmitting the virus. Serological tests to identify antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 are important tools to ...

    Authors: Estee Y. Cramer, Teah Snyder, Johanna Ravenhurst and Andrew A. Lover
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1907
    Content type: Research in practice Published on:

  33. Each year an estimated 390 million dengue infections occur worldwide. In Malaysia, dengue is a growing public health concern but estimate of its disease burden remains uncertain. We compared the urban-rural di...

    Authors: Cheng Hoon Chew, Yuan Liang Woon, Faridah Amin, Tassha H. Adnan, Asmah Hani Abdul Wahab, Zul Edzhar Ahmad, Mohd Adam Bujang, Abdul Muneer Abdul Hamid, Rahman Jamal, Wei Seng Chen, Chee Peng Hor, Lena Yeap, Ling Ping Hoo, Pik Pin Goh and Teck Onn Lim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:824
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Obesity is associated with the rise of noncommunicable diseases worldwide. The pathophysiology behind this disease involves the increase of adipose tissue, being inversely related to adiponectin, but directly ...

    Authors: Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Samuel Flores-Huerta, Rebeca García-Macedo, Jesús Peralta-Romero and Miguel Cruz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:88
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Rubella is a disease of public health significance owing to its adverse effects during pregnancy and on pregnancy outcomes. Women who contract rubella virus during pregnancy may experience complications such a...

    Authors: Simbarashe Chimhuya, Portia Manangazira, Arnold Mukaratirwa, Pasipanodya Nziramasanga, Chipo Berejena, Annie Shonhai, Mary Kamupota, Regina Gerede, Mary Munyoro, Douglas Mangwanya, Christopher Tapfumaneyi, Charles Byabamazima, Eshetu Messeret Shibeshi and Kusum Jackison Nathoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:294
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of high-risky behaviors, such as unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the last 6 months, condom using in their last homosexual anal intercourse, No. of ...

    Authors: Zhongrong Yang, Zhaohui Huang, Zhengquan Dong, Sichao Zhang, Jiankang Han and Meihua Jin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1272
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Past research describes robust associations between education and health, yet findings have generally been limited to the examination of education as the number of years of education or educational attainment....

    Authors: Maria E. Bleil, Glenn I. Roisman, Deven T. Hamilton, Sophia W. Magro, Bradley M. Appelhans, Steven E. Gregorich, Cathryn Booth-LaForce and Robert C. Pianta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1092
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Obesity and stress are among the most common lifestyle-related health problems. Most of the current disease prevention and management models are not satisfactorily cost-effective and hardly reach those who nee...

    Authors: Raimo Lappalainen, Essi Sairanen, Elina Järvelä, Sanni Rantala, Riitta Korpela, Sampsa Puttonen, Urho M Kujala, Tero Myllymäki, Katri Peuhkuri, Elina Mattila, Kirsikka Kaipainen, Aino Ahtinen, Leila Karhunen, Jussi Pihlajamäki, Heli Järnefelt, Jaana Laitinen…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:310
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Whilst an acute bout of exercise has been shown to enhance subsequent cognition, including in adolescents, the effects of team games (of which Football is the most popular) has received little attention. There...

    Authors: Ryan A. Williams, Simon B. Cooper, Karah J. Dring, Lorna Hatch, John G. Morris, Caroline Sunderland and Mary E. Nevill
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1398
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. To assess patterns of injecting drug use and HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) in an international border area along a major heroin trans-shipment route.

    Authors: Don C Des Jarlais, Patrick Johnston, Patricia Friedmann, Ryan Kling, Wei Liu, Doan Ngu, Yi Chen, Tran V Hoang, Meng Donghua, Ly K Van, Nguyen D Tung, Kieu T Binh and Theodore M Hammett
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:89
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. A methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program to curb the dual epidemics of HIV/AIDS and drug use has been administered by China since 2004. Little is known regarding the geographic heterogeneity of HIV and ...

    Authors: Mingli Li, Rongjian Li, Zhiyong Shen, Chunying Li, Nengxiu Liang, Zhenren Peng, Wenbo Huang, Chongwei He, Feng Zhong, Xianyan Tang and Guanghua Lan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:759
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. During the last ten years, a resurgence of syphilis has occurred in many countries worldwide, including Togo. Previous studies have shown a wide range of syphilis infection among the female sex workers (FSWs),...

    Authors: Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko, Dadja Essoya Landoh, Bayaki Saka, Koffi Akolly, Yao Layibo, Issifou Yaya, Dodji Gbetoglo, Abiba Kere Banla and Palokinam Pitché
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Low birth weight and maternal anemia remain intractable problems in many developing countries. The adequacy of the current strategy of providing iron-folic acid (IFA) supplements only during pregnancy has been...

    Authors: Phuong H Nguyen, Alyssa E Lowe, Reynaldo Martorell, Hieu Nguyen, Hoa Pham, Son Nguyen, Kimberly B Harding, Lynnette M Neufeld, Gregory A Reinhart and Usha Ramakrishnan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:898
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. Prior studies addressing the impacts of regular physical activity or sedentary habits on the immune system have been conducted in adults and laboratory settings. Thus, it is practically unknown how a healthy a...

    Authors: Oscar L Veiga, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, David Martínez-Gómez, Ariel Villagra, María E Calle and Ascensión Marcos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:475
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. Prevalence rates for long-term injection drug users in some localities surpass 60% for HIV and 80% for HCV. We describe methods for developing grounded hypotheses about how some injectors avoid infection with ...

    Authors: Samuel R Friedman, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Milagros Sandoval, Holly Hagan and Don C Des Jarlais
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:94
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. The prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW/OB) among adolescents worldwide has increased since the 60 s. Spain has reached one of the highest OW/OB prevalence rates among adolescents from European countries....

    Authors: David Martinez-Gomez, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, M Angeles Puertollano, Esther Nova, Julia Wärnberg, Oscar L Veiga, Amelia Martí, Cristina Campoy, Jesus M Garagorri, Cristina Azcona, M Pilar Vaquero, Carlos Redondo-Figuero, Manuel Delgado, J Alfredo Martínez, Miguel Garcia-Fuentes, Luis A Moreno…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:414
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. A potential new treatment in smoking cessation and relapse prevention is nicotine vaccination which is based on active immunization against the nicotine molecule. This immunization will elicit the immune syste...

    Authors: Philippe HJ Hoogsteder, Daniel Kotz, Paul I van Spiegel, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ruth Brauer, Paul D Kessler, Matthew W Kalnik, Raafat EF Fahim and Onno CP van Schayck
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1052
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. Epidemiologic measures of the dengue burden such as prevalence and incidence are important for policy-making and monitoring the progress of disease control. It is a common practice where epidemiologic and econ...

    Authors: Yuan Liang Woon, Chee Peng Hor, Keng Yee Lee, Siti Fatimah Zahra Mohd Anuar, Rose Nani Mudin, Mohd Khadzir Sheikh Ahmad, Suhaya Komari, Faridah Amin, Rahman Jamal, Wei Seng Chen, Pik Pin Goh, Lena Yeap, Zhuo Ren Lim and Teck Onn Lim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:946
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Timely monitoring HIV epidemic among key populations is a formidable challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the agreement between data collected from an enhanced HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS+) and an HIV se...

    Authors: Weibin Cheng, Huifang Xu, Fei Zhong, Stephen Pan, Joseph D. Tucker, Sharon Weir, Jinkou Zhao and Weiming Tang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1268
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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