Topography and environmental deficiencies are associated with chikungunya virus exposure in urban informal settlements in Salvador, Brazil
Travis C, Argibay H, Pellizzaro M, de Oliveira D, Santana R, Palma F, Lustosa R, Santana J, Souza F, López Y, Reis M, Ko A, Diggle P, Ribeiro G, Begon M, Costa F, Khalil H, Eyre M. Topography and environmental deficiencies are associated with chikungunya virus exposure in urban informal settlements in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2025, 19: e0013477. PMID: 40911655, PMCID: PMC12440227, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban informal settlementsPublic health burdenLow-income communitiesInformal settlementsGlobal public health burdenBinomial mixed-effects modelDegree of urbanisationHealth burdenMixed-effects modelsCHIKV seroprevalenceEnvironmental deficienciesReduced riskAssociated with seropositivityRisk factorsUrban communitiesMale sexBrazilian citiesRiskHouseholdsCommunityCHIKV seropositivityIndividualsEnvironmental factorsExposure patternsDomains individualsChanges in Local Community Spatial Trends of Motor Vehicle Accidents Near Cannabis Dispensaries after Recreational Cannabis Legalization
Weleff J, Golsorkhi M, Griffin M, Nia A, Mathis W. Changes in Local Community Spatial Trends of Motor Vehicle Accidents Near Cannabis Dispensaries after Recreational Cannabis Legalization. Cannabis And Cannabinoid Research 2025 PMID: 40779507, DOI: 10.1177/25785125251366791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotor vehicle accidentsRecreational cannabis legalizationDiscussion:</b>Cannabis dispensariesRecreational cannabis dispensariesAccident rateCannabis legalizationResults:</b>Interrupted time series analysisStatewide analysisDifference-in-differences analysisMixed-effects regression modelsNegative binomial mixed-effects modelMotor vehicle accident ratesNegative binomial regressionVehicle accident ratesImpact of recreational cannabis legalizationBinomial mixed-effects modelDispensary levelMethods:</b>Crash dataBinomial regressionRoad safetyMixed-effects modelsVehicle accidents
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