EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WORKING TOGETHER WITH ANTHROPOLOGISTS: LESSONS FROM A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF A CITY-WIDE SANITATION PROGRAM

Epidemiologists working together with anthropologists: lessons from a study to evaluate the epidemiological impact of a city-wide sanitation program

This paper discusses the role of qualitative approaches in epidemiological studies, beginning with a general discussion of epidemiological and anthropological methods.It focuses on a case study of the health impact of an environmental intervention carried out in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.Most of the precedent studies fields, based on primary da

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New insights into honey bee viral and bacterial seasonal infection patterns using third-generation nanopore sequencing on honey bee haemolymph

Abstract Honey bees are rapidly declining, which poses Collections a significant threat to our environment and agriculture industry.These vital insects face a disease complex believed to be caused by a combination of parasites, viruses, pesticides, and nutritional deficiencies.However, the real aetiology is still enigmatic.Due to the conventional a

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Reciprocal Effects of Metal Mixtures on Phytoplankton

Several types of contaminants Collections are anthropogenically introduced into natural aquatic ecosystems and interact with other chemicals and/or with living organisms.Although metal toxicity alone has been relatively well studied, the toxic metal ion effects in the mixture have been thoroughly studied only during the last decades.This review foc

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