Influence of exposure assessment methods on associations between long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter and risk of cancer in the... (Publications)
consistent, possibly because of the diversity of methods used to assess exposure. OBJECTIVES: To investigate how using different PM2.5 exposure assessment methods influences risk estimates in the large [...] associations for all-sites cancer (3711 cases), with a first slope of HRs of 1.53 (1.24-1.88) and 1.43 (1.19-1.73) for one IQR increase of cumulative PM2.5 exposure for the LUR and the Gazel-Air models r [...] series > /=20-years annual concentrations. Spearman correlation coefficient...
The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and hookworm co-infections... (Publications)
estimate of 79.6%, with marginal prevalence estimates for hookworm and S. mansoni infections of 83.9% and 91.6% respectively. The sensitivities of a single Kato-Katz thick smear for detection of S. mansoni [...] have a low sensitivity. In the case of Schistosoma mansoni, statistical methods have been developed to compensate for the poor sensitivity, but the same is not true of any other helminth parasite, or infections [...] intensities of both parasites, combined with intra-specimen and...
The influence of biological, epidemiological, and treatment factors on the establishment and spread of drug-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
y quantify which of these factors drive establishment and spread of drug resistance. Drug resistance was more likely to evolve in low transmission settings due to the lower levels of (i) immunity and (ii) [...] n between genotypes. Spread of parasites resistant to artemisinin partner drugs depended on the period of low drug concentration (known as the selection window). Spread of partial artemisinin resistance [...] The effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) to treat...
Influence of sugar availability and indoor microclimate on survival of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) under semifield conditions in... (Publications)
The potential influence of seemingly minor heterogeneities of indoor microclimate upon vector longevity and vectorial capacity may merit further investigation. Also, the availability of sugar was shown [...] The influence of indoor microclimate on survival of female Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto Giles (Diptera: culicidae) mosquitoes fed on different nutrition sources was evaluated in a semifield experimental [...] or a combination of the two diets over three experiments so that each cage...
The influence of physiological status on age prediction of <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> using near infra-red spectroscopy (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Determining the age of malaria vectors is essential for evaluating the impact of interventions that reduce the survival of wild mosquito populations and for estimating changes in vectorial [...] senescence and also the life history of the mosquito, i.e., mating, blood feeding and egg-laying events. METHODS: To better understand these changes, we evaluated the influence of mosquito physiological status [...] different physiological statuses of An. arabiensis influences the...
