Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

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 prevent and control disease. It encompasses descriptive characterization of disease by person, place, and time; analytic investigation of risk factors an…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2577-137X 🗓 Reviewed July 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 prevent and control disease. It encompasses descriptive characterization of disease by person, place, and time; analytic investigation of risk factors and causation; surveillance of trends; and evaluation of interventions, drawing on study designs from cross-sectional and case-control to cohort and outbreak investigation. The peer-reviewed research collected here applies epidemiological methods across infectious and noncommunicable conditions, including the epidemiology and management of seasonal influenza outbreaks in long-term care facilities, temporal trends and retrospective analyses of syphilis and associated comorbidities, malaria and typhoid fever coinfection, the histopathological pattern of thyroid disease in a hospital population, and the role of human papillomavirus in carcinogenesis. Additional contributions address developing a population-based colorectal cancer screening program, systematic review of pediatric narcolepsy, healthcare-worker practices around pre-exposure prophylaxis, and parasitic and zoonotic disease surveillance. Recurring themes include outbreak investigation and management, surveillance of infection trends, screening-program development, and the descriptive epidemiology of disease in specific populations and regions. Together these contributions frame epidemiology as the foundational quantitative science of public health, in which systematic measurement of disease occurrence and its determinants informs prevention strategies, screening programs, and resource allocation across diverse clinical and geographic settings.

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 Immunization (ISSN 2577-137X).

Journal editorial board
Giuseppe Murdaca · Italy Harunor Rashid · Australia Ming Tan · United States

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