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Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group
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The Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group aims to prepare, maintain and promote access to systematic reviews of interventions used to prevent or treat eye diseases and/or visual impairment. The work of the CEVG is carried out by over 300 members in more than 30 countries. The CEVG editorial team is located in London, UK and the CEVG US Project (CEVG@US) is a US-based satellite at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The CEVG@US is funded by the National Eye Institute. The overall objective of CEVG@US is to develop a critical mass of US-based vision researchers and practitioners who are trained in preparing and using systematic reviews.
The CEVG@US aims to accomplish four main goals: 1) Expand awareness of evidence-based health care in general and in eyes and vision specifically, 2) Develop a critical mass of vision researchers who are able to perform and interpret systematic reviews, and train others to do the same; 3) Develop a critical mass of clinicians who use the results of systematic reviews as an evidence base to guide their practice, and to train others to do the same; 4) Generate an increased number of systematic reviews in priority vision research areas, published in The...
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Using Viral Sequences to Characterize the Micro-Scale Dispersal Dynamics of Dengue in Bangkok
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Phylogenetic analyses have increasingly been applied to pathogen populations. By combining the knowledge of when and where individuals get sick with the particular genotype of the infecting pathogen we can track pathogen movements through an area, both in space and in time. This information can be used to design prevention strategies and understand the key drivers of pathogen dispersal and persistence. By characterizing the changing clustering patterns of cases over time, we can potentially detect the spatial scale at which protective immunity is correlated. Identification of spatial pockets of immunity or lack thereof, could identify areas to target with interventions.
Dengue fever is a potentially life threatening viral infection that is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. We will use data from patients that presented at a Bangkok hospital between 1995 and 2010, including their geocoded home addresses and information on the infecting pathogen to gain insight into the dispersal dynamics of the disease. We hypothesize that there will be significant spatiotemporal clustering between cases of closely related viruses reflecting the dispersal of pathogen as it moves from individual to individual. Furthermore, disease clustering will be followed by a reduction of cases in particular spatial...
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