Circulating Folate, Vitamin B12, Homocysteine, Vitamin B12 Transport Proteins, and Risk of Prostate Cancer: a Case-Control Study, Systematic Review, and Meta …

SM Collin, C Metcalfe, H Refsum, SJ Lewis… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2010 - AACR
Background: Disturbed folate metabolism is associated with an increased risk of some
cancers. Our objective was to determine whether blood levels of folate, vitamin B12, and …

[HTML][HTML] Communicable disease surveillance and control in the context of conflict and mass displacement in Syria

SA Ismail, A Abbara, SM Collin, M Orcutt… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe trends in major communicable diseases in Syria during the ongoing
conflict, and the challenges to communicable disease surveillance and control in the context …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium lepromatosis as a Second Agent of Hansen's Disease

P Deps, SM Collin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified as a new species and second causal agent of
Hansen's disease (HD, or leprosy) in 2008, 150years after the disease was first attributed to …

[HTML][HTML] Prostate-cancer mortality in the USA and UK in 1975–2004: an ecological study

SM Collin, RM Martin, C Metcalfe, D Gunnell… - The lancet …, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background There is no conclusive evidence that screening based on serum prostate-
specific antigen (PSA) tests decreases prostate-cancer mortality. Since its introduction in the …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-induced liver injury from antituberculous treatment: a retrospective study from a large TB centre in the UK

A Abbara, S Chitty, JK Roe, R Ghani, SM Collin… - BMC Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background We describe drug-induced liver injury (DILI) secondary to antituberculous
treatment (ATT) in a large tuberculosis (TB) centre in London; we identify the proportion who …

Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: the influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcome

R ter Horst, SM Collin, K Ritmeijer… - Clinical Infectious …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Leishmania
donovani visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Africa is an emerging, poorly understood disease …

Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour: findings from a UK birth cohort

M Taylor, SM Collin, MR Munafò, J MacLeod… - J Epidemiol …, 2017 - jech.bmj.com
Background Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We
characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13–18 years, and assess …

Healthcare-associated COVID-19 in England: a national data linkage study

A Bhattacharya, SM Collin, J Stimson, S Thelwall… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Nosocomial transmission was an important aspect of SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-
CoV outbreaks. Healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 infection has been reported in single …

[HTML][HTML] A decade of inequality in maternity care: antenatal care, professional attendance at delivery, and caesarean section in Bangladesh (1991–2004)

SM Collin, I Anwar, C Ronsmans - International journal for equity in health, 2007 - Springer
Background Bangladesh is committed to the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG-5)
target of reducing its maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters between 1990 and 2015 …

[PDF][PDF] Treatment of kala-azar in southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: a retrospective comparison with 30 …

Y Melaku, SM Collin, K Keus, F Gatluak… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Citeseer
Médecins sans Frontières-Holland has treated> 67,000 patients with kala-azar (KA) in
southern Sudan since 1989. In 2002, we replaced the standard regimen of 30 days of daily …