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What is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?

Gideon

Risk Factors Five-to-ten percent of people with latent TB who do not receive appropriate treatment will eventually develop active TB infection [17] Individuals at a higher risk of contracting TB and developing an infection include: Those who have traveled to or are living in a country with a high prevalence of TB.

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HealthyNYC – Extending the Lifespan of New Yorkers

Fund for Public Health NYC

Life expectancy in New York City increased by three years between 2001 and 2010. The recent fall in life expectancy reversed years of progress that New York City had made over prior years.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

Gideon

It can be assessed for various conditions, including diseases, risk factors, and health behaviors. Cases then declined again in the 1980s and early 1990s but rose to an average of 30 cases per year from 2001 to 2008. In 2001, there were 22 confirmed cases of anthrax, and the morbidity rate was 7 per 100,000 people.

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Salmonella by Any Other Name: Salmonellosis in Finland & How to Prevent the Next Outbreak

Gideon

2001 – 2003: 666 cases reported in Norway , Finland, and Swedish tourists infected by contaminated poultry. 2001: 303 cases 2002: 164 cases 2003: 199 cases. Other risk factors for Salmonella poisoning are travel to high-risk countries with poor sanitation and exposure to birds and reptiles being kept as pets.

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Regular exercise, even in polluted areas, can lower risk of cancer mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

The large study was conducted over 15 years, from 2001 to 2016, with more than 384,000 adults living in areas with relatively high levels of air pollution (the 2-year average PM 2.5 concentration was 26 μg/m 3 , 2.6 times higher than the 2005 WHO guideline value of 10 μg/m 3 for annual average PM 2.5 ).