Background We have previously estimated that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was
associated with 22% of all episodes of (severe) acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) …

Background The global burden of disease attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
remains unknown. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of and mortality from episodes …

Diarrhoea and pneumonia are the leading infectious causes of childhood morbidity and
mortality. We comprehensively reviewed the epidemiology of childhood diarrhoea and …

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations …

Background Information about the distribution of causes of and time trends for child mortality
should be periodically updated. We report the latest estimates of causes of child mortality in …

Building on the legacy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I and II), SDSS-III is a program
of four spectroscopic surveys on three scientific themes: dark energy and cosmological …

Background Up-to-date information on the causes of child deaths is crucial to guide global
efforts to improve child survival. We report new estimates for 2008 of the major causes of …

By combining genome-wide association data from 8,130 individuals with type 2 diabetes
(T2D) and 38,987 controls of European descent and following up previously unidentified …

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA
sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association …

Aims. We present cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of type Ia supernova (SN Ia)
observations obtained by the SDSS-II and SNLS collaborations. The dataset includes …