Efficiency and safety of the combination of moxifloxacin, pretomanid (PA-824), and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of antituberculosis... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: New antituberculosis regimens are urgently needed to shorten tuberculosis treatment. Following on from favourable assessment in a 2 week study, we investigated a novel regimen for efficacy
Toward an open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
monitoring and evaluation. What is currently missing is a georeferenced global database for NTDs providing open-access to the available survey data that is constantly updated and can be utilized by researchers [...] including a host of other NTDs, e.g. soil-transmitted helminthiasis and leishmaniasis. CONCLUSIONS: An open-access, spatially explicit NTD database offers unique opportunities for disease risk modeling, targeting
Characterization of particulate matter emission from open burning of rice straw (Publications)
Emission from field burning of crop residue, a common practice in many parts of the world today, has potential effects on air quality, atmosphere and climate. This study provides a comprehensive size
Tribendimidine and albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths, <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and <em>Taenia</em> spp.: open-label... (Publications)
point to activity against cestodes and Strongyloides ratti. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In an open-label randomized trial, the safety and efficacy of a single oral dose of albendazole or tribendimidine
Innovative tools and OpenHDS for health and demographic surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya (Publications)
Island, western Kenya, has deployed an HDSS. By means of computer tablets in combination with Open Data Kit and OpenHDS data collection and management software experiences with time efficiency, cost effectiveness
Safety and efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01(E) candidate malaria vaccine given with expanded-programme-on-immunisation vaccines: 19 month follow-up of a... (Publications)
report extended follow-up to 19 months, including efficacy results. METHODS: We did a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial of safety and efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01(E) candidate malaria vaccine given with
Single-center outcome analysis of 1,161 patients with St. Jude medical and ATS open pivot mechanical heart valves (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: The clinical performance of mechanical heart valves and valve-related complications are important safety endpoints in patients after heart valve replacement. In this r
Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve was first introduced in 1992 and has been implanted routinely at our institution since 1993. Valve selection was based on surgeon preference. The objective of [...] 11-year experience demonstrates low rates of adverse events and valve-related complications with the ATS Open Pivot heart valve