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Communicable Diseases
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Communicable Diseases [Disease/Finding]
, Infectious Diseases [Disease/Finding]
, Diseases, Infectious
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Invasion and multiplication of germs in the body. Infections can occur in any part of the body and can spread throughout the body. The germs may be…
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Highly Cited
2020
Highly Cited
2020
A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China
Fan Wu
,
Su Zhao
,
+16 authors
Yong‐Zhen Zhang
Nature
2020
Corpus ID: 211022697
Emerging infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Zika virus disease, present a major threat to…
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
R. Evans
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great…
2014
Corpus ID: 3104682
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control was set up in 2005 to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious…
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
R. Lozano
,
M. Naghavi
,
+188 authors
C. Murray
The Lancet
2013
Corpus ID: 1541253
Review
2013
Review
2013
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease…
Stephen S. Lim
,
T. Vos
,
+206 authors
M. Ezzati
The Lancet
2013
Corpus ID: 30629090
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
C. Murray
,
T. Vos
,
+359 authors
Alan D. Lopez
The Lancet
2013
Corpus ID: 205967479
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
I. Lee
,
E. Shiroma
,
F. Lobelo
,
P. Puska
,
S. Blair
,
P. Katzmarzyk
BDJ
2012
Corpus ID: 28606323
The risks from physical inactivity for poor health are '...similar to the established risk factors of smoking and obesity.'
Review
2006
Review
2006
Pathogen Recognition and Innate Immunity
S. Akira
,
S. Uematsu
,
O. Takeuchi
Cell
2006
Corpus ID: 14357403
Review
2005
Review
2005
Global Consequences of Land Use
J. Foley
,
R. DeFries
,
+16 authors
P. K. Snyder
Science
2005
Corpus ID: 5711915
Land use has generally been considered a local environmental issue, but it is becoming a force of global importance. Worldwide…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks
D. Watts
,
S. Strogatz
Nature
1998
Corpus ID: 4429113
Networks of coupled dynamical systems have been used to model biological oscillators, Josephson junction arrays,, excitable media…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study
C. Murray
,
Alan D. Lopez
The Lancet
1997
Corpus ID: 10556268
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