Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improved sanitation has been shown to have great impacts on people's health and economy. However, the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on halving the proportio
Perceived illness drives participation in mass deworming campaigns in Laos (Publications)
Multiple helminth infections are very common in communities of southern Laos. Preventive chemotherapy in combination with health education is the mainstay of control. We assessed the knowledge, percep
Reliability of fully automated versus visually controlled pre- and post-processing of resting-state EEG (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the reliability of a newly developed Matlab® toolbox for the fully automated, pre- and post-processing of resting state EEG (automated analysis, AA) with the reliability of analy
Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and potential predictors: a rapid appraisal among >/= 45 year old residents of southern Tajikistan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An estimated 2% of all deaths in Tajikistan can be attributed to diabetes but reliable data is scarce for the country and across Central Asia. We assessed the prevalence of impaired glucos
Increased regulatory T-cell numbers are associated with farm milk exposure and lower atopic sensitization and asthma in childhood (Publications)
BACKGROUND: European cross-sectional studies have suggested that prenatal and postnatal farm exposure decreases the risk of allergic diseases in childhood. Underlying immunologic mechanisms are still
Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Children who grow up in environments that afford them a wide range of microbial exposures, such as traditional farms, are protected from childhood asthma and atopy. In previous studies, ma
Epidemiology of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> on Mekong Islands in Southern Laos (Publications)
Strongyloides stercoralis is a neglected helminth infection potentially leading to a systemic infection in immunocompromised individuals. In Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos), informati