Epidemiological aspects of carotid disease

Epidemiological Aspects of Chagas Disease - a Review

Chagas disease (ChD), also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the trypanosomatid protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) that in its natural life-cycle is transmitted through triatomine vectors. Parasitological studies are useful to confirm acute cases, while the diagnosis of chronic T. cruzi infection relies on serological methods. There is no vaccine to prevent the infection, and ...

Epidemiological Aspects of Ischaemic Heart Disease †

I am proud to have it included in this tribute to John R. Paul whose friendship I am privileged to enjoy and from whose learning and wisdom I have so much benefited. Ischaemic heart disease is very unevenly distributed throughout the world, and one of the few facts concerning its etiology is that populations with low standards of living suffer from it far less than do populations with high stan...

Epidemiological aspects of Crohn's disease: a review of the literature.

Molecular Identification and Epidemiological Aspects of Dermatophytosis in Tehran, Iran

Background: Dermatophytes are the most common fungal agents causing superficial skin infections in worldwide. Species identification of these fungi is important for therapeutic and epidemiological apects. The purpose of this study was identification and epidemiology of dermatophytosis in patients referring to medical mycology laboratory of Razi hospital in Tehran, during 2014. Materials and Me...

Epidemiological aspects of Crohn's disease in Clydesdale 1961-1970.

A retrospective study of Crohn's disease has been carried out in Clydesdale covering the decade 1961-1970. Three hundred and fifty-seven patients had acceptable evidence of either acute ileitis or of chronic granulomatous bowel disease. Of those fulfilling the criteria for inclusion in the study of chronic disease, 95% had accurate pathological and/or operative documentation of the lesions. Ove...