Exposure to multiple pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes among smallholder farmers in Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to single pesticide active ingredients or chemical groups is associated with adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in farmers. In agric
Is universal health coverage affordable? Estimated costs and fiscal space analysis for the Ethiopian essential health services package (Publications)
Estimating the required resources for implementing an essential health services package (EHSP) is vital to examine its feasibility and affordability. This study aimed to estimate the financial resourc
Case-control diagnostic accuracy study of a non-sputum CD38-based TAM-TB test from a single milliliter of blood (Publications)
Background: CD4 T cell phenotyping-based blood assays have the potential to meet WHO target product profiles (TPP) of non-sputum-biomarker-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis (TB). Yet, substantial r
Health risk assessment for exposure to nitrate in drinking water in Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
Since 2005, over 30 epidemiological studies have evaluated the association between nitrate in drinking water and adverse health outcomes. Conditions that lead to nitrate pollution in water, such as op
The catalytic subunit of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> casein kinase 2 is essential for gametocytogenesis (Publications)
Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a pleiotropic kinase phosphorylating substrates in different cellular compartments in eukaryotes. In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, PfCK2 is vital for asexual pro
Health seeking behavior among adults and elderly with chronic health condition(s) in Albania (Publications)
Aim: Assess the use of different health care service providers by adults (aged 18–59) and elderly (aged > =60) who suffer from non-communicable disease (NCD) and explore relationships between sociodem
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in an inpatient population in the Swiss canton of Basel-Country (Publications)
AIMS: Vitamin D deficiency remains very common in the general population. Adding to the importance of this issue is the discovery that vitamin D plays a role in many other tissues apart from the bone,
Genomic epidemiological analysis identifies high relapse among individuals with recurring tuberculosis and provides evidence of household recent TB... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the cause of recurring tuberculosis (rcTB) among pulmonary TB participants recruited from a prospective population-based study conducted between July 2012 and December 2015.
Outdoor air pollution and hormone-assessed pubertal development in children: results from the GINIplus and LISA birth cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Air pollution is hypothesized to affect pubertal development. However, the few studies on this topic yielded overall mixed results. These studies did not consider important pollutants like
Local adaptation in populations of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim (Publications)
Background: Lineage 1 (L1) and 3 (L3) are two lineages of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causing tuberculosis (TB) in humans. L1 and L3 are prevalent around the rim of the Indian Ocean,
