Four Years Prospective Study of Natural History of Atopic Dermatitis Aged 7~8 Years at an Individual Level: A Community-Based Survey by Dermatologists' Skin Examination in Childhood

The epidemiology and the current burden of chronic liver disease are changing globally, with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) becoming the most frequent cause of liver disease in close relationship with the global epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The clinical phenotypes of NAFLD are very heterogeneous in relationship with multiple pathways involved in the disease progression. In the absence of a specific treatment for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), it is important to understand the natural history of the disease, to identify and to optimize the control of factors that are involved in disease progression. In this paper we propose a critical analysis of factors that are involved in the progression of the liver damage and the occurrence of extra-hepatic complications (cardiovascular diseases, extra hepatic cancer) in patients with NAFLD. We also briefly discuss the impact of the heterogeneity of the clinical phenotype of NAFLD on the clinical practice globally and at the individual level.

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Performance of the Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire Used in the Brazilian Center of the Prospective Study Natural History of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men: The HIM Study

Journal of the American Dietetic Association ◽

10.1016/j.jada.2011.04.006 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 111 (7) ◽

pp. 1045-1051 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Juliana Araujo Teixeira ◽

Maria Luiza Baggio ◽

Anna R. Giuliano ◽

Regina Mara Fisberg ◽

Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni

Keyword(s):

Human Papillomavirus ◽

Natural History ◽

Prospective Study ◽

Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽

Food Frequency ◽

Human Papillomavirus Infection ◽

Papillomavirus Infection ◽

History Of

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Modelling the HIV-Associated TB Epidemic and the Impact of Interventions Aimed at Epidemic Control

HIV and Tuberculosis ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-29108-2_3 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 25-55

Author(s):

P. J. Dodd ◽

C. Pretorius ◽

B. G. Williams

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Mathematical Models ◽

Population Level ◽

Explicit Representation ◽

Epidemic Control ◽

Future Directions ◽

Individual Level ◽

Tuberculosis Epidemiology ◽

History Of ◽

The Impact

Abstract In this chapter, we focus on mathematical models of tuberculosis epidemiology (TB) that include interactions with HIV and an explicit representation of transmission. We review the natural history of TB and illustrate how its features are simplified and incorporated in mathematical models. We then review the ways HIV influences the natural history of TB, the interventions that have been considered in models, and the way these individual-level effects are represented in models. We then go on to consider population-level effects, reviewing the TB/HIV modelling literature. We first review studies whose focus was on purely epidemiological modelling, and then studies whose focus was on modelling the impact of interventions. We conclude with a summary of the uses and achievements of TB/HIV modelling and some suggested future directions.

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