Diagnostic de malaria chez le praticien: comment gérer (Publications)
Malaria is the disease to exclude when dealing with a patient coming back from an endemic area with fever. We need reliable diagnostic tools with negative likelihood ratio (LR-) close to zero (-> high
Towards a science of rabies elimination (Publications)
Wenwu Yin and co-workers conducted a systematic review on challenges and needs to eliminate rabies in China (Yin et al., 2013 in this journal). Their analysis shows that there is considerable overrepr
Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk (Publications)
An estimated 779 million people are at risk of schistosomiasis, of whom 106 million (13.6%) live in irrigation schemes or in close proximity to large dam reservoirs. We identified 58 studies that exam
Advancing the field of health systems research synthesis [Commentary] (Publications)
Those planning, managing and working in health systems worldwide routinely need to make decisions regarding strategies to improve health care and promote equity. Systematic reviews of different kinds
TNFA-308 in Two International Population-Based Cohorts Shows Increased Risk for Asthma (Publications)
Genetic association studies have related the Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFA) -308 G/A polymorphism with increased risk to asthma but results are inconsistent.To test whether two single nucleotide
Radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure and non-specific symptoms of ill health: a systematic review (Publications)
This article is a systematic review of whether everyday exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) causes symptoms, and whether some individuals are able to detect low-level RF-EMF (bel
N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Publications)
PURPOSE: Observational studies have shown an inconsistent association between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risk of coronary heart disease. We investigated the effects of dietary and non-die