Respiratory disease epidemiology in India

The epidemiology of respiratory disease in Zimbabwe

Adeline Salim and Stephen Gordon, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK; Tapiwa Bwakura, Department of Medicine, Harare, Zimbabwe; and Narcisius Dzvanga, Department of Medicine, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Correspondence to: Dr Stephen Gordon, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK. Email: [email protected] Introduction As in much of sub-Saharan Africa, r...

Epidemiology of Respiratory Disease in Malawi.

The epidemiology of respiratory disease in rural Malawi is largely unknown. Published studies have concentrated on the most prevalent diseases causing admission to hospital in urban areas. An important exception to this rule is the large body of published literature on tuberculosis in children and adults. The purpose of this article is to review what is known about infectious and non-infectious...

BK Polyomavirus in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Respiratory Disease

Background and Aims: The role of BK and JC polyomaviruses (BKV and JCV) in the causation of respiratory disease and the natural route of transmission has not well been established. The aim of study was to determine the prevalence of BK and JC viruses in 280 respiratory samples and evaluate their contribution to respiratory disease. Materials and Methods: PCR was used to screen specimens for BK...

The epidemiology of chronic respiratory disease.

Chronic respiratory disease (CRD) is usually understood to include chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, and a number of other chronic bronchopulmonary diseases. This paper will concentrate on the first two. The epidemiology of asthma differs in many ways from that of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, for example, in its age and sex incidence, relationships to social class, allergy, and time t...

Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in India