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Research article
Hantavirus infection is an emerging zoonosis transmitted by wild rodents. In Brazil, high case-fatality rates among humans infected with hantavirus are of serious concern to public health authorities. Appropri...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:15
Published on: 1 October 2015
Analytic perspective
In 1965, Sir Austin Bradford Hill published nine “viewpoints” to help determine if observed epidemiologic associations are causal. Since then, the “Bradford Hill Criteria” have become the most frequently cited...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:14
Published on: 30 September 2015
Methodology
The importance of studying associations between socio-economic position and health has often been highlighted. Previous studies have linked the prevalence and severity of lung disease with national wealth and ...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:13
Published on: 22 September 2015
Research article
Specialised sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics in the Netherlands provide STI care for high-risk groups, including female sex workers (FSW), at the clinic and by outreach visiting commercial sex work...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:12
Published on: 28 August 2015
Analytic perspective
Statistical inference is commonly said to be inapplicable to complete population studies, such as censuses, due to the absence of sampling variability. Nevertheless, in recent years, studies of whole populatio...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:11
Published on: 25 August 2015
Analytic perspective
Sedentary behaviour (too much sitting, as distinct from too little exercise) has emerged as a potentially significant public health issue. Analytically, researchers have reported ‘independent’ associations bet...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:10
Published on: 9 July 2015
Research article
The case definition for traumatic brain injury (TBI) often includes ‘unspecified injury to the head’ diagnostic codes. However, research has shown that the inclusion of these codes leads to false positives. As...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:9
Published on: 25 June 2015
Methodology
Disadvantages have already been pointed out on the use of odds ratio (OR) as a measure of association for designs such as cohort and cross sectional studies, for which relative risk (RR) or prevalence ratio (P...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:8
Published on: 20 June 2015
Debate
The imposed limitations on what we can know about nature have been long recognized. Yet in the field of epidemiology a futile search for lifestyle-related risk factors for common chronic diseases continues una...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:7
Published on: 9 May 2015
Reviewer acknowledgement
The editor of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 11 (2014).
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:6
Published on: 19 April 2015
Research article
RotaTeq® pentavalent human rotavirus vaccine (RV5) is effective against rotavirus illness and rotavirus-related hospitalizations and death. Effectiveness depends on adherence to the dosing schedule, which incl...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:5
Published on: 18 April 2015
Research article
Lower childhood socioeconomic position is associated with greater risk of adult obesity among women, but not men. Pregnancy-related weight changes may contribute to this gender difference. The objectives of th...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:4
Published on: 6 March 2015
Commentary
The risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus spreading globally is worrying, given the annual mass gathering of the Hajj and the year-long influx of pilgrims undertaking the Umrah. Based on the inc...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:3
Published on: 18 February 2015
Research article
Uptake of family planning services in Pakistan has remained slow over the past decade despite a rapid increase in availability and awareness, indicating that social barriers may be preventing uptake. Social ba...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:2
Published on: 24 January 2015
Research article
There is increasing evidence that childhood vaccines have effects that extend beyond their target disease. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of routine childhood vaccines on bacterial carri...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015 12:1
Published on: 16 January 2015
Review
Aging societies worldwide propose a significant challenge to the model and organisation of the delivery of healthcare services. In developing countries, communicable and non-communicable diseases are affecting...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:136
Published on: 31 December 2014
Research article
Tuberculosis is a major disease worldwide and most research focus on risk factors for adults, although there is a marked adolescent peak in incidence. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors f...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:20
Published on: 30 December 2014
Analytic perspective
Though it has been a focus of the country’s public health surveillance systems since the 1950s, schistosomiasis represents an ongoing public health challenge in China. Parallel, schistosomiasis-specific survei...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:19
Published on: 25 November 2014
Analytic perspective
The validity of ecological studies in epidemiology for inferring causal relationships has been widely challenged as observed associations could be biased by the Ecological Fallacy. We reconsider the important ...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:18
Published on: 19 November 2014
Research article
In the literature, different shapes of associations have been found between body mass index (BMI) and mortality and some of the findings were opposite to each other. The association of BMI and mortality in a s...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:17
Published on: 24 October 2014
Research article
In May 2014, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, with closely related viral genomes, was diagnosed in two Dutch residents, returning from a pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca, Kingdo...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:16
Published on: 17 October 2014
Methodology
Periodic or cyclic data of known periodicity are frequently encountered in epidemiological and biomedical research: for instance, seasonality provides a useful experiment of nature while diurnal rhythms play a...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:15
Published on: 2 October 2014
Research article
Oseltamivir has been registered for use as post-exposition prophylaxis (PEP) following exposure to influenza, based on studies among healthy adults. Effectiveness among frail elderly nursing home populations s...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:13
Published on: 10 September 2014
Research article
Men having sex with men (MSM) remain the largest high-risk group involved in on-going transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV, in the Netherlands. As risk behaviour may change with...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:12
Published on: 28 August 2014
Analytic perspective
In many areas of clinical investigation there is great interest in identifying and validating surrogate endpoints, biomarkers that can be measured a relatively short time after a treatment has been administere...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2014 11:14
Published on: 26 August 2014
