Youngoh Bae

Risk of peripheral artery disease following ankylosing spondylitis, 2012–2023: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea

OBJECTIVE: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease linked to systemic vascular complications. Evidence regarding the association between AS and peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains limited. We investigated whether patients with AS have an increased risk o...

Effect of armed conflict on measles surveillance and zero-dose vaccination status in Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018–2024

Abstract Background Armed conflict disrupts health systems, undermining routine immunization and disease surveillance. These disruptions can delay outbreak detection and allow population susceptibility to accumulate unnoticed. This study assessed the impact of the 2020–2022 confl...