Association between helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults from the Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
icable diseases. Little is known about the mutual influence of these two disease groups. The aim of this study was to investigate the co-occurrence of helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults [...] BACKGROUND: As a result of epidemiological transition, the health systems of low- and middle-income countries are increasingly faced with a dual disease burden of infectious diseases and emerging non- [...] respectively. Fifty-six percent of diabetic cases were undiagnosed and 85% of...
Association between helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults from the Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
icable diseases. Little is known about the mutual influence of these two disease groups. The aim of this study was to investigate the co-occurrence of helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults [...] BACKGROUND: As a result of epidemiological transition, the health systems of low- and middle-income countries are increasingly faced with a dual disease burden of infectious diseases and emerging non- [...] respectively. Fifty-six percent of diabetic cases were undiagnosed and 85% of...
The ‘death rays’ that never were (Page)
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working at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern. He began to fill this gap in research into mobile communications – and became the man of the hour. He still appears [...] doctorate in 2001 at the then Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Basel, and afterwards headed a research group at the ISPM at university of Bern. Röösli is an internationally [...] study aimed at “registering the concerns of the Swiss population in...
Air Pollution (Page)
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world. Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution in Europe Swiss TPH is part of the larger ELAPSE study (Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe) that scrutinises the health effects of low air pollution [...] pollutants and its impact on public health. Their broad range of activities contributes to 1) establishing the evidence of adverse effects of pollution through innovative research, 2) assess the related [...] policies in favour of public health and well-being. Teaching and training...
No health without mental health (Page)
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dynamics of population, behaviour, and services, changes in the impact of intervention over time and the non-additive effects of combining interventions, leading to realistic expectations of the impact [...] likely impacts over time of a range of intervention and service planning scenarios to see what combination of strategies is likely to achieve maximum reductions in the outcome of interest (e.g. attempted [...] environments. Colombia has a very young population, 40% of the population is under...
The empirical support for the radical cure strategy for eliminating <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in China (Publications)
consequently influences the transmission possibility of P. vivax. CONCLUSIONS: Through a within-host model, we demonstrate the importance of clearance of hypnozoites. A strategy of two rounds of radical hypnozoite [...] People's Republic of China is malaria-free, it is timely to consider how elimination of malaria was completed in People's Republic of China over the last 7 decades. Of the four widespread species of human malaria [...] correlation between the number of inoculated...
The empirical support for the radical cure strategy for eliminating <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in China (Publications)
consequently influences the transmission possibility of P. vivax. CONCLUSIONS: Through a within-host model, we demonstrate the importance of clearance of hypnozoites. A strategy of two rounds of radical hypnozoite [...] People's Republic of China is malaria-free, it is timely to consider how elimination of malaria was completed in People's Republic of China over the last 7 decades. Of the four widespread species of human malaria [...] correlation between the number of inoculated...
Bayesian Modelling and Analysis (Page)
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areas of our research are spatio-temporal modelling and forecasting, modelling of multivariate data, including prediction of model uncertainty. Spatio-temporal modelling is a focal research area of the group [...] 1136/bmjgh-2023-014614 Nyawanda B.O et al. The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and [...] diseases, cancer and mortality to obtain spatially explicit estimates of...
Associations between soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical activity, physical fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk in primary... (Publications)
studies have shown that helminth infections may influence glucose metabolism by preventing obesity. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the association of STH infections in schoolchildren from Gqeberha [...] but higher mean VO2max estimation and higher levels of MVPA (p < .001). When considering type and intensity of infection, a positive association of A. lumbricoides infection and MVPA was found. In contrast [...] study highlights that the type and intensity of STH infection is...
Associations between soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical activity, physical fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk in primary... (Publications)
studies have shown that helminth infections may influence glucose metabolism by preventing obesity. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the association of STH infections in schoolchildren from Gqeberha [...] but higher mean VO2max estimation and higher levels of MVPA (p < .001). When considering type and intensity of infection, a positive association of A. lumbricoides infection and MVPA was found. In contrast [...] study highlights that the type and intensity of STH infection is...
