Medicine - Table of Contents

January 15, 2019

Opioid distribution trends (2006–2017) in the US Territories

Fedor F. Cabrera, Erik R. Gamarra, Tiffany E. Garcia, Ashanti D. Littlejohn, Poul A. Chinga, Luis D. Pinentel-Morillo, Jorge R. Tirado, Daniel Y. Chung, Leana J. Pande, Kenneth L. McCall, Stephanie D. Nichols, Brian J. Piper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6272 PubMed 30671308

January 9, 2019

A public database for the new MLST scheme for Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: surveillance and epidemiology of the causative agent of syphilis

Linda Grillova, Keith Jolley, David Šmajs, Mathieu Picardeau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6182 PubMed 30643682

January 17, 2019

Seasonality and trend prediction of scarlet fever incidence in mainland China from 2004 to 2018 using a hybrid SARIMA-NARX model

Yongbin Wang, Chunjie Xu, Zhende Wang, Juxiang Yuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6165 PubMed 30671295

January 15, 2019

Estimating the incidence and diagnosed proportion of HIV infections in Japan: a statistical modeling study

Hiroshi Nishiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6275 PubMed 30671310

January 9, 2019

Post-mortem detection of six human herpesviruses (HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, EBV, CMV, HHV-6) in trigeminal and facial nerve ganglia by PCR

Iwona Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Justyna Dunaj, Agata Zajkowska, Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica, Monika Król, Sławomir Pancewicz, Joanna Zajkowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6095 PubMed 30643675

January 4, 2019

Functional polymorphisms of the APOA1/C3/A4/A5-ZPR1-BUD13 gene cluster are associated with dyslipidemia in a sex-specific pattern

Wei Bai, Changgui Kou, Lili Zhang, Yueyue You, Weiying Yu, Wanqing Hua, Yuanyuan Li, Yaqin Yu, Tiancheng Zhao, Yanhua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6175 PubMed 30631647

January 23, 2019

The sensitivity and specificity of methylene blue spray to identify the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy

Patorn Piromchai, Thipphailin Juengtrakool, Supawan Laohasiriwong, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Piti Ungarereevittaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6376 PubMed 30697498

January 25, 2019

Nonconventional opponents: a review of malaria and leishmaniasis among United States Armed Forces

Kaylin J. Beiter, Zachariah J. Wentlent, Adrian R. Hamouda, Bolaji N. Thomas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6313 PubMed 30701136

January 23, 2019

The use of one-stage meta-analytic method based on individual participant data for binary adverse events under the rule of three: a simulation study

Liang-Liang Cheng, Ke Ju, Rui-Lie Cai, Chang Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6295 PubMed 30697486

January 9, 2019

Social network analysis for the assessment of pig, cattle and buffalo movement in Xayabouli, Lao PDR

Chaithep Poolkhet, Suwicha Kasemsuwan, Sithong Phiphakhavong, Intha Phouangsouvanh, Khamphouth Vongxay, Man Sub Shin, Wantanee Kalpravidh, Jan Hinrichs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6177 PubMed 30643681

January 15, 2019

Awareness, behavior and attitudes concerning sun exposure among beachgoers in the northern coast of Peru

Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Sara J. Burgos-Muñoz, Luz M. Vargas-Tineo, Jhosuny Perez-Fernandez, Otto W. Vargas-Tineo, Ruth M. Burgos-Muñoz, Javier A. Zentner-Guevara, Carlos Bada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6189 PubMed 30671297

January 28, 2019

Optimizing influenza vaccine policies for controlling 2009-like pandemics and regular outbreaks

Sheng-I Chen, Chia-Yuan Wu, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Min-Wei Hsieh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6340 PubMed 30713821

January 15, 2019

Serverless OpenHealth at data commons scale—traversing the 20 million patient records of New York’s SPARCS dataset in real-time

Jonas S. Almeida, Janos Hajagos, Joel Saltz, Mary Saltz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6230 PubMed 30671301