The rational design of helminth control programmes for endemic areas requires that the limited resources be focused on the communities in greatest need. The process of locality-targetting would be fac...
The prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in immigrant communities is unknown. Immigrants from south Asia are common in England and elsewhere, and the burden of viral hepatitis in these communitie...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of changing age at diagnosis on the diagnosed prevalence of autism among different birth cohorts. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. SETTING: Children were identif...
Congenital lung hypoplasia (LH) has been identified with increasing frequency in perinatal and neonatal necropsy reviews. The available prevalence figures have been derived using various diagnostic cr...
OBJECTIVES: To assess HIV and syphilis infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chinese regions with historically low HIV prevalence. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 20 cit...
It has been found that opiate abusers once detoxified are afflicted with personality disorders. An attempt was made to test the origin of drug abuse by comparing a group of drug abusers with personali...
A prevalence survey for arthritis among the general adult population of a rural island off the coast of China revealed a prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of no more than 0.3% compared with 1.0%...