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Mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the CLoCk cohort study

by Laura Panagi, Simon R. White, Snehal M. Pinto Pereira, Manjula D. Nugawela, Isobel Heyman, Kishan Sharma, Terence Stephenson, Trudie Chalder, Natalia K. Rojas, Emma Dalrymple, Kelsey McOwat, Ruth Simmons, Olivia Swann, CLoCk Consortium , Tamsin Ford, Roz Shafran Background Little is known about the long-term mental health consequences of the pandemic in children and • Read More »


Evaluating pediatric tuberculosis dosing guidelines: A model-based individual data pooled analysis

by Lufina Tsirizani Galileya, Roeland E. Wasmann, Chishala Chabala, Helena Rabie, Janice Lee, Irene Njahira Mukui, Anneke Hesseling, Heather Zar, Rob Aarnoutse, Anna Turkova, Diana Gibb, Mark F. Cotton, Helen McIlleron, Paolo Denti Background The current World Health Organization (WHO) pediatric tuberculosis dosing guidelines lead to suboptimal drug exposures. Identifying factors altering the exposure of • Read More »


Sociodemographic characteristics and longitudinal progression of multimorbidity: A multistate modelling analysis of a large primary care records dataset in England

by Sida Chen, Tom Marshall, Christopher Jackson, Jennifer Cooper, Francesca Crowe, Krish Nirantharakumar, Catherine L. Saunders, Paul Kirk, Sylvia Richardson, Duncan Edwards, Simon Griffin, Christopher Yau, Jessica K. Barrett Background Multimorbidity, characterised by the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual, is a rising public health concern. While much of the existing research has • Read More »


Maternal B-vitamin and vitamin D status before, during, and after pregnancy and the influence of supplementation preconception and during pregnancy: Prespecified secondary analysis of the NiPPeR double-blind randomized controlled trial

by Keith M. Godfrey, Philip Titcombe, Sarah El-Heis, Benjamin B. Albert, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Sheila J. Barton, Timothy Kenealy, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Heidi Nield, Yap Seng Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Wayne S. Cutfield, NiPPeR Study Group Background Maternal vitamin status preconception and during pregnancy has important consequences for pregnancy outcome and offspring development. Changes in vitamin • Read More »


Successful elimination of falciparum malaria following the introduction of community-based health workers in Eastern Myanmar: A retrospective analysis

by Aye Sandar Zaw, Ei Shwe Sin Win, Soe Wai Yan, Kyaw Sithu Thein, Vasundhara Verma, Alistair R. D. McLean, Thar Tun Kyaw, Nicholas J. White, Frank M. Smithuis Background Myanmar has a large majority of all malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion. In the past decade, substantial progress was made in malaria control. The • Read More »


Tafenoquine following G6PD screening versus primaquine for the treatment of vivax malaria in Brazil: A cost-effectiveness analysis using a transmission model

by David J. Price, Narimane Nekkab, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Daniel A. M. Villela, Julie A. Simpson, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Michael T. White, Angela Devine Background Malaria transmission modelling has demonstrated the potential impact of semiquantitative glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing and treatment with single-dose tafenoquine for Plasmodium vivax radical cure but has not investigated the • Read More »


Femicide, intimate partner femicide, and non-intimate partner femicide in South Africa: An analysis of 3 national surveys, 1999–2017

by Naeemah Abrahams, Shibe Mhlongo, Esnat Chirwa, Bianca Dekel, Asiphe Ketelo, Carl Lombard, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Shanaaz Mathews, Gérard Labuschagne, Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes Background In most countries, reliable national statistics on femicide, intimate partner femicide (IPF), and non-intimate partner femicide (NIPF) are not available. Surveys are required to • Read More »