Retraction: Awareness and infection prevention practices of hepatitis B virus among informal caregivers in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024

Hierarchical forecasting of COVID-19 cases in Africa using Machine Learning models

• Claris Shoko
• Caston Sigauke
• Katleho Makatjane

Factors associated with all-cause mortality in endovascularly treated patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia

• Mária Rašiová
• Veronika Pavlíková
• Marek Hudák
• Viktor Kožár
• Lucia Dekanová

Applications and Implementation Considerations for Stepped-Wedge Designs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

• Adesola Z. Musa
• Folahanmi T. Akinsolu
• Abideen O. Salako
• Olunike R. Abodunrin
• Oluwabukola M. Ola
• Oliver C. Ezechi

Wastewater surveillance in the military: how deployed members of the armed forces can monitor outbreaks on military vessels

• Anna Gitter
• Kristina D. Mena
• Michelle Crum
• Erick Butler

Burden, demographic patterns, and temporal trends of parotitis in Saudi Arabia, 2015–2023: a multicenter electronic health record study

• Rimah Abdullah Saleem
• Hatouf Sukkarieh
• Rana K. Alkattan
• Rami Bustami
• Sarah Daher
• Noara Alhusseini
• Rajaa Fakhoury

Exposure of feral swine to Coxiella burnetii overlaps with human Q fever incidence in California

• Ian A. McMillan
• Samuel J. Golon
• Michael H. Norris
• Gregory A. Franckowiak
• James M. Grinolds
• Richard A. Bowen
• Vienna R. Brown
• Bradley R. Borlee

Epidemiological Study of Aortic Aneurysms Attributable to Smoking: A Comprehensive Analysis Based on GBD Data from 1990 to 2021

• Chenge Sun
• Xuejie Han
• Zhirong Hu
• Han Zhang
• Linshuang Wang
• Dasheng Liu

Estimation of the transition rates in the illness-death model for chronic diseases from aggregated current status data: a feasibility and simulation study

• Ralph Brinks
• Maryam Mohammadi Saem
• Sabrina Voß

Bridging communities, prevention, and heart health: U.S. strategies for CHW cardiovascular training and integration

• Akua G. Asare
• Melvin R. Echols

Needs assessment of the advanced Ghana field epidemiology and laboratory training program, April 2024: lessons learned and best practices

• Mariame Bonkano Laurent Comlan
• Joseph Asamoah Frimpong
• Charles Lwanga Noora
• Donne Kofi Ameme
• Aishat Bukola Usman
• Virgil Kuassi Lokossou
• Peter Evans Thomas
• Danielle Thompson Barradas
• Ditu Kazambu
• Herbert Brian Kazoora

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis prevalence and associated factors among school children in the Hawela Tula sub-city, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

• Addisalem Wube
• Tsegaye Alemu
• Tarekegn Solomon

Temporal trends and global burden of urolithiasis: a comparative analysis of incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years in China and globally from 1990 to 2021

• Chao Ma
• Linlin Chen

Maternal syphilis in the Federal District, Brazil: a five-year analysis of notified data (2019–2023)

• Paula Beatriz de Medeiros Santiago
• Maria Eduarda Santiago Meneses
• Luiza de Lima Pereira
• Maria Fernanda Santiago Meneses
• Pamela Araújo da Silva
• Fabiana Nunes de Carvalho Mariz
• Ciro Martins Gomes
• Carla Nunes de Araújo

Molecular connections between inflammation and social determinants of health

• Aditi Vijendra
• Claire Kunkle
• Jalin Jordan
• Anna Erickson
• Kingsley Osei-Karikari
• Grace Ratley
• Ian A. Myles

Syndemic geographic patterns of integrated diseases during the Libyan armed conflict; a new aspect for public health care intervention?

• Mohamed Ali Daw
• Abdallah H. El-Bouzedi
• Saleh Ali Abumahara
• Abdurrahman Khalifa Najjar
• Nouri R. Ben Ashur
• Alaa Grebi
• Amnnh Mohammed Dhu
• Emad Elsgair Alzahra
• Ali Fathi Alkarghali
• Shahid Husayn Mohammed

Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding TB among senior management officials of companies with increased silica dust exposure in Lusaka and Southern provinces of Zambia

• L. Mutti
• M. Kagujje
• D. Siameka
• R. Hambwalula
• M. Maimbolwa
• L. M. Ziko
• K. Zimba
• N. Kasese-Chanda
• R. Chimzizi
• A. Mubanga

A calibration of nucleic acid (PCR) by antibody (IgG) tests in Germany: the course of SARS-CoV-2 infections estimated

• Michael Günther
• Robert Rockenfeller
• Harald Walach

Pre-pandemic patterns in colorectal cancer mortality and Black-White inequities across the 30 most populous US cities

• Maryam Bolouri
• Nazia S. Sayed
• Maureen R. Benjamins
• Nicholas R. Munoz
• Tyler Halterman
• Abigail Silva

Carotid artery atherosclerosis, MRI-defined structural brain abnormalities, and cognitive performance in elderly American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

• Tauqeer Ali
• Dedra Buchwald
• Dean Shibata
• Mary J. Roman
• Steven Verney
• Barbara V. Howard
• Jason Umans
• Shelley Cole
• Cynthia West
• Ying Zhang

Shrunken pore syndrome in relation to morbidity and mortality in the population-based Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort: a generalized propensity score approach

• Anna Åkesson
• Liana Xhakollari
• Agnė Laučytė-Cibulskiene
• Anders Grubb
• Anders Larsson
• Amra Jujic
• Martin Magnusson
• Anders Christensson
• Jonas Björk

Sex- and age-specific differences in excess mortality in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study based on official vital statistics data

• Yao Li

Assessing the long-term persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in Guinea: insights from post-epidemic sentinel syndromic surveillance data

• Kadio Jean Jacques Olivier Kadio
• Thibaut Armel Chérif Gnimadi
• Emilande Guichet
• Castro Gbêmemali Hounmenou
• Abdoul Karim Soumah
• Haby Diallo
• Amadou Camara
• Saidouba Chérif Camara
• Marie Rose Sandouno
• Salifou Talassone Bangoura