Jia Song

Multimorbidity patterns and domain-specific intrinsic capacity impairments among rural older adults: a multiple correspondence analysis and k-means clustering study

Abstract Background Multimorbidity is prevalent among older adults, but its specific patterns and differential associations with impairments across intrinsic capacity (IC) domains remain under-explored. This study aimed to identify stable multimorbidity patterns in rural older ad...

Detection and Distribution of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Ticks from Different Hosts in the Altun Mountains, China

Background: Ticks are the main vectors for a variety of tick-borne bacterial pathogens. Systematic studies on the coinfection patterns and differences of pathogens in ticks derived from different hosts are of great significance. Therefore, the present study investigated ticks col...