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View article: Dietary amino acids and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among overweight and obese children and adolescents: a principal component analysis approach
Dietary amino acids and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among overweight and obese children and adolescents: a principal component analysis approach Open
View article: Natural immune boosting biases pertussis infection estimates in seroprevalence studies
Natural immune boosting biases pertussis infection estimates in seroprevalence studies Open
View article: Characterizing potential interaction between respiratory syncytial virus and seasonal influenza in the U.S.
Characterizing potential interaction between respiratory syncytial virus and seasonal influenza in the U.S. Open
View article: Dietary index for gut-microbiota and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in overweight and obese children and adolescents
Dietary index for gut-microbiota and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in overweight and obese children and adolescents Open
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is increasingly prevalent among children and adolescents with overweight or obesity, posing a growing public health challenge. Emerging evidence highlights the gut microbiota as …
View article: Topolow: Force-Directed Euclidean Embedding of Dissimilarity Data with Robustness Against Non-Metricity and Sparsity
Topolow: Force-Directed Euclidean Embedding of Dissimilarity Data with Robustness Against Non-Metricity and Sparsity Open
The problem of embedding a set of objects into a low-dimensional Euclidean space based on a matrix of pairwise dissimilarities is fundamental in data analysis, machine learning, and statistics. However, the assumptions of many standard ana…
View article: Longitudinal study highlights patterns of Salmonella serovar co-occurrence and exclusion in commercial poultry production
Longitudinal study highlights patterns of Salmonella serovar co-occurrence and exclusion in commercial poultry production Open
Recent advances in next-generation sequencing approaches have revealed that Salmonella often exists in multiserovar populations, with important implications for public health as time and resource constraints limit serovar characterization …
View article: Topolow: a mapping algorithm for antigenic cross-reactivity and binding affinity assays
Topolow: a mapping algorithm for antigenic cross-reactivity and binding affinity assays Open
Motivation Understanding antigenic evolution through cross-reactivity assays is crucial for tracking rapidly evolving pathogens requiring regular vaccine updates. However, existing cartography methods, commonly based on multidimensional sc…
View article: Dietary amino acids and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among overweight and obese children and adolescents: A principal component analysis approach
Dietary amino acids and the odds of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among overweight and obese children and adolescents: A principal component analysis approach Open
Background Given the limited understanding of how dietary amino acid intake affects metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), we examined the potential relationship between dietary amino acid patterns and the odds of MA…
View article: Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads
Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads Open
Pertussis remains an enigma partly due to the uncertain impact of asymptomatic cases on transmission. Contributing to this knowledge gap is a lack of high-quality disease surveillance, particularly in those low- and middle-income countries…
View article: Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads
Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads Open
Pertussis remains an enigma partly due to the uncertain impact of asymptomatic cases on transmission. Contributing to this knowledge gap is a lack of high-quality disease surveillance, particularly in those low- and middle-income countries…
View article: Informing antiviral effectiveness for influenza A and SARS-CoV-2 by quantifying within-host interaction between transmission and immunity
Informing antiviral effectiveness for influenza A and SARS-CoV-2 by quantifying within-host interaction between transmission and immunity Open
Antiviral therapies are among the most effective pharmaceutical interventions in treatment of a variety of viral pathogens. To optimize the antiviral effectiveness it is crucial to characterize the relationship between multiple cellular mo…
View article: Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads
Shining light on the dark matter of pertussis: evidence for an asymptomatic carriage state from a longitudinal cohort of mother/infant dyads Open
Pertussis remains an enigma partly due to the uncertain impact of asymptomatic cases on transmission. Contributing to this knowledge gap is a lack of high-quality disease surveillance, particularly in those low- and middle-income countries…
View article: Profile of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referred to a Hospital in Iran
Profile of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referred to a Hospital in Iran Open
View article: Effect of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on weight loss in overweight and obese pediatric population: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Effect of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on weight loss in overweight and obese pediatric population: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Open
View article: Correction: Enhancing childhood obesity management: implementing an obesity registry for Iranian children and adolescents
Correction: Enhancing childhood obesity management: implementing an obesity registry for Iranian children and adolescents Open
View article: Sequence-based detection of emerging antigenically novel influenza A viruses
Sequence-based detection of emerging antigenically novel influenza A viruses Open
The detection of evolutionary transitions in influenza A (H3N2) viruses’ antigenicity is a major obstacle to effective vaccine design and development. In this study, we describe Novel Influenza Virus A Detector (NIAViD), an unsupervised ma…
View article: Enhancing childhood obesity management: implementing an obesity registry for Iranian children and adolescents
Enhancing childhood obesity management: implementing an obesity registry for Iranian children and adolescents Open
View article: Maternal pertussis immunization and the blunting of routine vaccine effectiveness: a meta-analysis and modeling study
Maternal pertussis immunization and the blunting of routine vaccine effectiveness: a meta-analysis and modeling study Open
A key goal of pertussis control is to protect infants too young to be vaccinated, the age group most vulnerable to this highly contagious respiratory infection. In the last decade, maternal immunization has been deployed in many countries,…
View article: Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making Open
Fisheries and aquaculture provide food and economic security, especially in the developing world, but both face challenges from infectious disease. Here, we consider management of disease issues from a structured decision‐making perspectiv…
View article: Characterizing Potential Interaction Between Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Seasonal Influenza in the U.S.
Characterizing Potential Interaction Between Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Seasonal Influenza in the U.S. Open
RSV and seasonal influenza are two of the most important causes of respiratory infection that consistently peak during winter months in the U.S. Here, we characterized the circulation of these viruses in the U.S. with weekly positive case …
View article: Anticipating epidemic transitions in metapopulations with multivariate spectral similarity
Anticipating epidemic transitions in metapopulations with multivariate spectral similarity Open
Prediction and control of emerging pathogens is a fundamental challenge for public health. To meet this challenge, new analytic tools are needed to characterize the underlying dynamics of the geographical spread of pathogens, identify pred…
View article: Charting the spatial dynamics of early SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Washington state
Charting the spatial dynamics of early SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Washington state Open
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been geographically uneven. To understand the drivers of this spatial variation in SARS-CoV-2 transmission, in particular the role of stochasticity, we used the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 invasion in Washin…
View article: Maternal pertussis immunization and the blunting of routine vaccine effectiveness: A meta-analysis and modeling study
Maternal pertussis immunization and the blunting of routine vaccine effectiveness: A meta-analysis and modeling study Open
A key goal of pertussis control is to protect infants too young to be vaccinated, the age group most vulnerable to this highly contagious respiratory infection. In the last decade, maternal immunization has been deployed in many countries,…
View article: Association between pertussis vaccination coverage and other sociodemographic factors and pertussis incidence using surveillance data
Association between pertussis vaccination coverage and other sociodemographic factors and pertussis incidence using surveillance data Open
View article: Young Zambian infants with symptomatic RSV and pertussis infections are frequently prescribed inappropriate antibiotics: a retrospective analysis
Young Zambian infants with symptomatic RSV and pertussis infections are frequently prescribed inappropriate antibiotics: a retrospective analysis Open
Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a pressing global health concern, particularly in low-resource settings where diagnosis and treatment rely on empiric, symptoms-based guidelines such as the WHO’s Integrated Management o…
View article: Disentangling the causes of mumps reemergence in the United States
Disentangling the causes of mumps reemergence in the United States Open
Over the past two decades, multiple countries with high vaccine coverage have experienced resurgent outbreaks of mumps. Worryingly, in these countries, a high proportion of cases have been among those who have completed the recommended vac…
View article: Containing novel SARS-CoV-2 variants at source is possible with high-intensity sequencing
Containing novel SARS-CoV-2 variants at source is possible with high-intensity sequencing Open
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, control of transmission has been repeatedly thwarted by the emergence of variants of concern (VOC) and their geographic spread. Key questions remain regarding effective means of minimizing the impact of VO…
View article: Anticipating infectious disease re-emergence and elimination: a test of early warning signals using empirically based models
Anticipating infectious disease re-emergence and elimination: a test of early warning signals using empirically based models Open
Timely forecasts of the emergence, re-emergence and elimination of human infectious diseases allow for proactive, rather than reactive, decisions that save lives. Recent theory suggests that a generic feature of dynamical systems approachi…
View article: Immunological heterogeneity informs estimation of the durability of vaccine protection
Immunological heterogeneity informs estimation of the durability of vaccine protection Open
Deciphering the properties of vaccines against an emerging pathogen is essential for optimizing immunization strategies. Early after vaccine roll-out, however, uncertainties about vaccine immunity raise the question of how much time is nee…
View article: Dissecting recurrent waves of pertussis across the boroughs of London
Dissecting recurrent waves of pertussis across the boroughs of London Open
Pertussis has resurfaced in the UK, with incidence levels not seen since the 1980s. While the fundamental causes of this resurgence remain the subject of much conjecture, the study of historical patterns of pathogen diffusion can be illumi…