HTLV-II among Italian intravenous drug users and hemophiliacs.

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) in general practice, and to investigate attitudes to screening for HCV, a specific questionnaire was sent to the sentinel general practitioners (SGPs) of the French Sentinel Network. From the figures reported by SGPs, the number of anti-HCV tests perfo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Retel O,Flahault A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize possible Trichophyton rubrum phenotypes, which circulate in two Brazilian localities, we tested 53 isolates of this dermatophyte for their ability to assimilate several carbon sources, for keratinase, proteinase, phospholipase, lipase and desoxiribonuclease (DNase) secretions, and for their susceptibil...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dos Santos JI,Vicente EJ,Paula CR,Gambale W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine, new cases of infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) still occur at a substantial rate. This increases the current prevalence of chronic HBV carriers (10% of newly infected subjects) and in the long run, will raise the incidence of chronic liver disease. The sur...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Maison P,Desenclos JC,Flahault A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer survival persist in England, possibly due to more advanced cancer at diagnosis and differential access to treatment. We aim to disentangle the contributions of differential stage at diagnosis and differential treatment to the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li R,Daniel R,Rachet B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is diagnosed by means of jejunal biopsy, an invasive procedure. Anti-gliadin antibodies (AGA) have therefore been used in the first screening of the disease. On the other hand, low titers of AGA are widely detected also in normal subjects. In order to investigate if low levels of AGA could be correlate...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bonamico M,Ballati G,Mariani P,Latini M,Triglione P,Rana I,Porro E,Mesturino MA,Criscione S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have analyzed several risk factors for developing nosocomial infections at a Surgical Service of the Hospital Clinico Universitario "San Cecilio", based on a retrospective follow-up program designed specifically for this study. Of all patients admitted to the Service from January 1 to June 17, 1987, w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Delgado-Rodríguez M,Cueto-Espinar A,Rodríguez-Contreras R,Gálvez-Vargas R

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas cepacia has occasionally been identified as an epidemic and endemic nosocomial pathogen. In outbreaks, usually one clinical site predominates but many may be involved. Detailed investigations have usually implicated a contaminated liquid reservoir or moist environmental surface as the source. Liquid source...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Martone WJ,Tablan OC,Jarvis WR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods of estimating food consumption, such as food balance sheets (FBS) and household surveys (HS), have been developed over the years and have been used to inform, monitor and evaluate nutrition policies. Because these methods vary in their objectives and data collection procedures, the objective of this st...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rodríguez-Artalejo F,Banegas JR,Graciani A,Hernández-Vecino R,del Rey-Calero J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke incidence rates have decreased in developed countries over the past 40 years, but trends vary across populations. We investigated whether age-and-sex-specific stroke incidence rates and associated risk factors as well as preventive medication use have changed in Rotterdam in the Netherlands during the last two ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wieberdink RG,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Koudstaal PJ,Breteler MM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Markers of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection have been detected all over the five continents. Geographical prevalence varied heavily: HDV infection is very rare in Far East Asia, but extremely frequent in Arabian countries, in Romania and in certain Indian populations of South America. In Europe and in the USA the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ponzetto A,Forzani B,Parravicini PP,Hele C,Zanetti A,Rizzetto M

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven different phenotyping methods for strain differentiation of Candida albicans (auxonotyping, enzymotyping, resistotyping, Phongpaichit's morphotyping, Hunter's morphotyping and Odds and Abbott's biotyping method-1980 and 1983 versions) were compared on a single population of 94 strains. 77.6% of the strains belon...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Otero L,Vázquez F,Palacio V,Vázquez S,Carreño F,Méndez FJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of sexual transmission for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) we studied its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa where sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent. Overall, HCV prevalence was 3.9% and similar in 206 STD patients, 127 dermatology patients, and 100 blood donors. No association with HIV ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Maida MJ,Daly CC,Hoffman I,Cohen MS,Kumwenda M,Vernazza PL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between body size and fatness and blood pressure are generally acknowledged. The majority of the few studies that have examined the effect of fat distribution and maturation rate on blood pressure have used secondary sex characteristics as the measure of maturity. The aim of the present stu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kozieł S,Kołodziej H,Ulijaszek S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersiniosis is caused by Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis mostly presenting as intestinal infection. The infection is usually acquired from contaminated food. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of anti-Yersinia antibodies in Austrians. Sera of 750 healthy Austrians from all nine state...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tomaso H,Mooseder G,Al Dahouk S,Bartling C,Scholz HC,Strauss R,Treu TM,Neubauer H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until young adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic causes of normal and abnormal growth, development and health from fetal life until young adulthood. The study focuses on four primary areas of r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jaddoe VW,Mackenbach JP,Moll HA,Steegers EA,Tiemeier H,Verhulst FC,Witteman JC,Hofman A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a material of 577 infants born of epileptic women treated with anticonvulsants in monotherapy during early pregnancy and collected from France, Italy, and Sweden. The incidence of major malformations is increased compared with the general population but no definite difference in risk can be demonstrated be...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bertollini R,Källen B,Mastroiacovo P,Robert E

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated whether the association between passive smoking exposure and dysmenorrhea is modified by two susceptibility genes, CYP1A1MspI and CYP1A1HincII. METHODS:This report includes 1,645 (1,124 no dysmenorrhea, 521 dysmenorrhea) non-smoking and non-drinking newly wedding female workers at Anqin...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lei L,Ye L,Liu H,Chen C,Fang Z,Wang L,Hu Y,Chen D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii is a widespread eukaryotic microorganism found in the lungs of healthy mammals, including humans. It is able to proliferate extensively in the alveoli, becoming an important agent of severe pneumonitis in immunosuppressed hosts, especially in persons suffering from AIDS. The taxonomic position of ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dei-Cas E,Cailliez JC,Palluault F,Aliouat EM,Mazars E,Soulez B,Suppin J,Camus D

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-allergen antibodies were searched for by an Enzyme Immunoassay in the sera obtained from 60 patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma. Allergic rhinitis was also present in 28 patients. The diagnosis of asthma was based on clinical criteria that include history and clinical evidence of airflow obstruction. Ten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ramadan F,Hamadeh F,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown and said to be multifactorial. We report on a retrospective epidemiological case control study, performed in Flanders during a 3-year period, investigating known and potential environmental risk factors for PD by means of questionnaires. We investigated 423 prevalen...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pals P,Van Everbroeck B,Grubben B,Viaene MK,Dom R,van der Linden C,Santens P,Martin JJ,Cras P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epidemiological studies abundant physical activity has been related to decreased breast cancer risk, though the results have been inconsistent. The purpose of this paper was to study the association of physical activity at leisure and commuting to work and incidence of breast cancer. METHODS:The study co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Luoto R,Latikka P,Pukkala E,Hakulinen T,Vihko V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder of the kidneys and small intestine, affecting a luminal transport mechanism shared by cystine, ornithine, arginine and lysine. When cystine exceeds its solubility at low pH, the risk of stone formation increases. The data reported in the literature show a variation for the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cabello-Tomás ML,García-Gómez AM,Guillén-Domínguez ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968 were caused by reassortant viruses that possessed internal gene segments from avian and human strains. Whether genetic reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses occurs during interpandemic periods and how often humans are infected with such reassortants is not kno...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Shu LP,Sharp GB,Lin YP,Claas EC,Krauss SL,Shortridge KF,Webster RG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategies for controlling the HIV epidemic include education and information campaigns for intravenous drug users (IDUs), as for all high-risk groups, and the provision of various public health measures and treatment. These can only be effective if the IDU is aware of them and has a favourable image of them. A study ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Richardson SC,Papaevangelou G,Ancelle-Park R

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to diphtheria and tetanus toxoid components of a combined diphtheria tetanus whole-cell pertussis/enhanced inactivated poliovirus (DTwP/eIPV) vaccine, administered in a three-dose schedule to infants at 2, 3 1/2 and 10 months of age and followed by a booster at the age of 8 years, was compared with...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Swartz TA,Saliou P,Catznelson E,Blondeau C,Gil I,Peled T,Havkin O,Fletcher M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active surveillance for unknown or unsuspected adverse drug effects may be carried out by applying epidemiological techniques to large administrative databases. Self-controlled designs, like the symmetry design, have the advantage over conventional design of adjusting for confounders that are stable over time. The aim...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hallas J,Wang SV,Gagne JJ,Schneeweiss S,Pratt N,Pottegård A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the progression of hand osteoarthritis in rural population and to determine the factors which could influence that progression. Participants of both sexes were 54-56 years of age at the first visit. Radiographs of both hands, anthropometry and blood pressure measurement were perfor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cvijetić S,Kurtagić N,Ozegović DD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen hundred and thirty seven isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated over a two year period were serotyped using three panels of monoclonal antibodies. The isolates comprised 687 serogroup WI strains and 950 serogroup WII/III strains. The antibodies used in the panels were those developed by Pharmacia (Ph) and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Moyes A,Young H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological study was performed on HTLV-III, T. pallidum, C. trachomatis and Hepatitis B virus (HBV), in Butare, Rwanda, among 33 female prostitutes, 25 male customers of prostitutes, and 60 male and female controls. As compared with female controls the prostitutes had a higher prevalence of antibodies to HT...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Van de Perre P,Clumeck N,Steens M,Zissis G,Caraël M,Lagasse R,De Wit S,Lafontaine T,De Mol P,Butzler JP

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) concentration is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease but this association seems to be largely mediated via conventional cardiovascular risk factors. In particular, the association between hs-CRP and obesity has been extensively demonstrated ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rossi IA,Bochud M,Bovet P,Paccaud F,Waeber G,Vollenweider P,Taffé P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00