Background Foodborne diseases are important worldwide, resulting in considerable morbidity
and mortality. To our knowledge, we present the first global and regional estimates of the …

AIMS To investigate the range of methods used to validate diagnoses in the General Practice
Research Database (GPRD), to summarize findings and to assess the quality of these …

Background Despite substantial decreases in recent decades, acute gastroenteritis causes
the second greatest burden of all infectious diseases worldwide. Noroviruses are a leading …

Background There is evidence that chronic inflammation may promote atherosclerotic disease.
We tested the hypothesis that acute infection and vaccination increase the short-term risk …

Background Currently, the United States has the largest number of reported coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths globally. Using a geographically diverse …

OBJECTIVE--To examine whether the observed excess of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma
near the Sellafield nuclear plant is associated with established risk factors or with factors …

Context Use and abuse of prescription narcotic analgesics have increased dramatically in
the United States since 1990. The effect of this pharmacoepidemic has been most …

Gastroenteritis, both epidemic and sporadic, is a common cause of morbidity and mortality
among persons of all ages, accounting for over 1.8 million deaths in children under 5 years of …

Here we argue that life emerged on Earth from a redox and pH front at c. 4.2 Ga. This front
occurred where hot (c. 150C), extremely reduced, alkaline, bisulphide-bearing, submarine …

This study aimed to evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of a weight-bearing
dorsiflexion (DF) lunge in 13 healthy subjects. Four raters with varying clinical experience tested …