Md Saiful Islam, Tonmoy Sarkar, Sazzad Hossain Khan, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal et al.
Infodemics, often including rumors, stigma, and conspiracy theories, have been common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Monitoring social media data has been identified as the best method for tracking rumors in real time and as a possible way to dispel misinformation and reduce stigma. However, the dete...
Colin McCord, Harold P. Freeman
In recent decades mortality rates have declined for both white and nonwhite Americans, but national averages obscure the extremely high mortality rates in many inner-city communities. Using data from the 1980 census and from death certificates in 1979, 1980, and 1981, we examined mortality rates in ...
Jim Samuel, G. G. Md. Nawaz Ali, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Ek Esawi et al.
Along with the Coronavirus pandemic, another crisis has manifested itself in the form of mass fear and panic phenomena, fueled by incomplete and often inaccurate information. There is therefore a tremendous need to address and better understand COVID-19’s informational crisis and gauge public sentim...
Eduardo Azziz Baumgartner, Christine N. Dao, Sharifa Nasreen, Mejbah Bhuiyan et al.
BACKGROUND: Although influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease that annually causes substantial disease burden, data on virus activity in tropical countries are limited. We analyzed publicly available influenza data to better understand the global circulation of influenza viruses. METHOD: We review...
Mengyun Zheng, Hui Jin, Naiyang Shi, Chunxiao Duan et al.
BACKGROUND: Low health literacy often has an association with poor health outcomes such as low levels of self-efficacy, increased mortality, poor health status and reduced quality of life (QOL). The aim of the study was to quantitatively evaluate the relationship between health literacy (HL) and QOL...
Tomi Akinyemiju
BACKGROUND: Breast and Cervical cancer are the two most common cancers among women in developing countries. Regular screening is the most effective way of ensuring that these cancers are detected at early stages; however few studies have assessed factors that predict cancer screening in developing c...
Siddhartha Saha, Mandeep Chadha, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mahmudur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize influenza seasonality and identify the best time of the year for vaccination against influenza in tropical and subtropical countries of southern and south-eastern Asia that lie north of the equator. METHODS: Weekly influenza surveillance data for 2006 to 2011 were obtained...
Md. Siddikur Rahman, Noah C. Peeri, Nistha Shrestha, Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki et al.
Highlights • IoT within infectious disease epidemiology is an emerging field of research, however the ubiquitous availability of smart technologies, as well as increased risks of infectious disease spread through the globalization and interconnectedness of the world necessitates its use for predicti...
Xiang Cheng, Luoyang Fang, Xuemin Hong, Liuqing Yang
The worldwide rollout of 4G LTE mobile communication networks has accelerated the proliferation of the mobile Internet and spurred a new wave of mobile applications on smartphones. This new wave has provided mobile operators an enormous opportunity to collect a huge amount of data to monitor the tec...
Rashid Zaman, A. S. M. Alamgir, Mustafizur Rahman, Eduardo Azziz‐Baumgartner et al.
BACKGROUND: Recent population-based estimates in a Dhaka low-income community suggest that influenza was prevalent among children. To explore the epidemiology and seasonality of influenza throughout the country and among all age groups, we established nationally representative hospital-based surveil...
Peter Serina, Ian Riley, Andrea Stewart, Abraham D. Flaxman et al.
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is recognized as the only feasible alternative to comprehensive medical certification of deaths in settings with no or unreliable vital registration systems. However, a barrier to its use by national registration systems has been the amount of time and cost needed for...
Mohammad Ali, Michael Emch, Jean-Paul Donnay, Mohammad Yunus et al.
The bacteria that cause cholera are known to be normal inhabitants of surface water, however, the environmental risk factors for different biotypes of cholera are not well understood. This study identifies environmental risk factors for cholera in an endemic area of Bangladesh using a geographic inf...
Francis Mhimbira, Luís E. Cuevas, Russell Dacombe, Abdallah Mkopi et al.
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis is usually diagnosed when symptomatic individuals seek care at healthcare facilities, and healthcare workers have a minimal role in promoting the health-seeking behaviour. However, some policy specialists believe the healthcare system could be more active in tuberc...
Shahera Banu, Wenbiao Hu, Cameron Hurst, Yuming Guo et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the space-time clustering of dengue fever (DF) transmission in Bangladesh using geographical information system and spatial scan statistics (SaTScan). METHODS: We obtained data on monthly suspected DF cases and deaths by district in Bangladesh for the period of 2000-2009 from D...
Nguyễn Trọng Toàn, Stefania Rossi, Gabriella Prisco, Nicola Nante et al.
OBJECTIVE: Dengue fever is globally considered underestimated. This study provides expansion factors (EFs) for dengue endemic selected countries and highlights critical issues in the use of EFs. METHODS: We identified dengue epidemiological cohort studies from 2000 to July 2013 through a literature ...