Patients routinely report more symptoms to experienced field enumerators than physicians in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Medical history-taking is among the most powerful diagnostic tools for healthcare professionals. However, its accuracy and reliability are underexplored areas. The present post-hoc study compares medi
Cotton dust, endotoxin and cancer mortality among the Shanghai textile workers cohort: a 30-year analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although occupational exposure to cotton dust and endotoxin is associated with adverse respiratory health, associations with cancer are unclear. We investigated cancer mortality in relatio
Missed opportunities among HIV-positive women to control viral replication during pregnancy and to have a vaginal delivery (Publications)
INTRODUCTION:: Most national guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Europe updated between 2001 and 2010 recommend vaginal deliveries for women with undetectable or ve
Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in European popula
Prevalence of drug-resistance mutations and HIV-1 subtypes in a HIV-1 infected COHORT in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT The development of resistance mutations in drug-targeted HIV-1 genes compromises the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes. Genotyping of these mutations enables adjusted therape
Health of mobile pastoralists in the Sahel - assessment of 15 years of research and development (Publications)
In the Sahel, between Mauritania and Somalia including Northern Kenya, about 20-30 million people live as mobile pastoralists. The rhythm of their migration follows the seasons and the availability of
Structure-activity relationship studies of pyrrolone antimalarial agents (Publications)
Previously reported pyrrolones, such as TDR32570, exhibited potential as antimalarial agents; however, while these compounds have potent antimalarial activity, they suffer from poor aqueous solubility
Treatment of mucosal leishmaniasis (<em>L. infantum</em>) with Miltefosine in a patient with good syndrome (Publications)
We report on a 76-year old patient with recurrent mucosal leishmaniasis. Multiple treatment regimens were administered. After the second relapse, immunologic workup and review of the patient's history
Development and back-extrapolation of NO2 land use regression models for historic exposure assessment in Great Britain (Publications)
Modelling historic air pollution exposures is often restricted by availability of monitored concentration data. We evaluated back-extrapolation of LUR models for annual mean NO2 concentrations in Grea
Sociocultural determinants of anticipated vaccine acceptance for acute watery diarrhea in early childhood in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of... (Publications)
Rotavirus and oral cholera vaccines have the potential to reduce diarrhea-related child mortality in low-income settings and are recommended by the World Health Organization. Uptake of vaccination dep