Clarence C. Tam

Diagnosing norovirus-associated infectious intestinal disease using viral load (2009)

Phillips, Gemma, Lopman, Ben, Tam, Clarence C, Iturriza-Gomara, Miren, Brown, David, Gray, Jim

Abstract Background Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the main method for laboratory diagnosis of norovirus-associated infectious intestinal disease (IID). However, up to...

The association between drinking water turbidity and gastrointestinal illness: a systematic review (2007)

Mann, Andrea G, Tam, Clarence C, Higgins, Craig D, Rodrigues, Laura C

Abstract Background Studies suggest that routine variations in public drinking water turbidity may be associated with endemic gastrointestinal illness. We systematically reviewed the literature on...

Methods for health surveys in difficult settings: charting progress, moving forward (2007)

Bostoen, Kristof, Bilukha, Oleg O, Fenn, Bridget, Morgan, Oliver W, Tam, Clarence C, Ter Veen, Annemarie, ...

Abstract Health surveys are a very important component of the epidemiology toolbox, and play a critical role in gauging population health, especially in developing countries. Research on health...

Migration and health: fact, fiction, art, politics (2006)

Tam, Clarence C

Abstract The recent Immigration Bill debate in the United States Congress has again re-ignited the polemic regarding immigration policy. In this essay, I argue that disputes surrounding the legality...

Epidemiology in conflict – A call to arms (2004)

Tam, Clarence C, Lopman, Ben A, Bornemisza, Olga, Sondorp, Egbert

Abstract In this first special theme issue, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology publishes a collection of articles on the theme of Epidemiology in conflict . Violent conflict is an issue of great...

The birth of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology: a tale of Valerie, causality and epidemiology (2004)

Tam, Clarence C

Abstract Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (ETE) is a new, online, Open Access peer-reviewed journal. The Journal is unique in that it was conceived and is managed by research degree students in...

The birth of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology: a tale of Valerie, causality and epidemiology

Tam, Clarence C

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (ETE) is a new, online, Open Access peer-reviewed journal. The Journal is unique in that it was conceived and is managed by research degree students in epidemiology...

Epidemiology in conflict – A call to arms

Tam, Clarence C, Lopman, Ben A, Bornemisza, Olga, Sondorp, Egbert

In this first special theme issue, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology publishes a collection of articles on the theme of Epidemiology in conflict. Violent conflict is an issue of great sensitivity...

Migration and health: fact, fiction, art, politics

Tam, Clarence C

The recent Immigration Bill debate in the United States Congress has again re-ignited the polemic regarding immigration policy. In this essay, I argue that disputes surrounding the legality of...

The birth of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology: a tale of Valerie, causality and epidemiology

Tam, Clarence C

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (ETE) is a new, online, Open Access peer-reviewed journal. The Journal is unique in that it was conceived and is managed by research degree students in epidemiology...

Epidemiology in conflict – A call to arms

Tam, Clarence C, Lopman, Ben A, Bornemisza, Olga, Sondorp, Egbert

In this first special theme issue, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology publishes a collection of articles on the theme of Epidemiology in conflict. Violent conflict is an issue of great sensitivity...

Migration and health: fact, fiction, art, politics

Tam, Clarence C

The recent Immigration Bill debate in the United States Congress has again re-ignited the polemic regarding immigration policy. In this essay, I argue that disputes surrounding the legality of...

Methods for health surveys in difficult settings: charting progress, moving forward

Bostoen, Kristof, Bilukha, Oleg O, Fenn, Bridget, Morgan, Oliver W, Tam, Clarence C, Ter Veen, Annemarie, ...

Health surveys are a very important component of the epidemiology toolbox, and play a critical role in gauging population health, especially in developing countries. Research on health survey...