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Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in defined populations, and the application of that knowledge to the prevention and control of disease. As the cornerstone of public health, it quantifies disease frequency, identifies risk factors and modes of transmi…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed September 2026

Overview

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in defined populations, and the application of that knowledge to the prevention and control of disease. As the cornerstone of public health, it quantifies disease frequency, identifies risk factors and modes of transmission, tracks trends over time and place, and supplies the evidence that shapes policy and clinical practice. In tropical and infectious-disease contexts it is especially central to understanding outbreaks, coinfections, and the burden of communicable disease. Research in this area examines the epidemiology and histopathological patterns of thyroid disease, the management of seasonal influenza outbreaks in long-term care, and temporal trends in syphilis through multi-year retrospective analyses. Studies also address malaria and typhoid coinfection, the role of human papillomavirus in carcinogenesis, population-based colorectal cancer screening, narcolepsy prevalence, zoonotic and parasitic diseases in veterinary settings such as ovine fasciolosis and canine osteosarcoma, healthcare-worker practices around prophylaxis, and neurosurgical case reporting from low-resource regions. Core designs include surveillance, cross-sectional surveys, case-control and cohort studies, and outbreak investigation, combining field data with statistical analysis. The journal publishes peer-reviewed epidemiological research across infectious, chronic, and population-health questions.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Epidemiology, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Tropical Diseases and Medicine.

Journal editorial board
Edith Bougouma · Burkina Faso Ifeanyi Aguzie · Nigeria Abdur Rauf · Pakistan

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