In the United States (US), tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have more than doubled in the past
fifteen years and are a major contributor to the overall burden of vector-borne diseases. The …

Objective: To identify whether trace metals influence the risk of NTM infection in O'ahu,
Hawai'i. Methods: A population-based ecologic cohort study was conducted using NTM …

Understanding environmental variables responsible for the spatial distribution of Lyme
disease is essential for determining disease risk and directing control and prevention efforts …

COVID-19 arrived in the United States in early 2020, with cases quickly being reported in
many states including Pennsylvania. Many statistical models have been proposed to …

Lyme disease is a spatially heterogeneous tick-borne infection, with approximately 85% of
US cases concentrated in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Surveillance for Lyme …

Disease mapping models have been popularly used to model disease incidence with spatial
correlation. In disease mapping models, zero inflation is an important issue, which often …

Identification of influencing factors on self-reported count data with multiple potential inflated
values Page 1 The Annals of Applied Statistics 2024, Vol. 18, No. 2, 991–1009 https://doi.org/10.1214/23-AOAS1819 …

L'étude du risque de blessures est un enjeu important dans le sport, d'autant plus dans un
sport comme le Rugby avec de fortes sollicitations de déplacement et de combat. Ces …

Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) is a primary constituent of traffic-related air pollution and has well
established harmful environmental and human-health impacts. Knowledge of the …

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. It is caused by
bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted to humans by blacklegged ticks. The …