Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial... (Publications)
Geometric mean WBC counts (x 1000 cells/microL) in age groups < 1, 1-4, 5-14 and > /= 15 years were 10.5, 8.3, 7.1, 5.7 and 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0 for individuals with falciparum (n = 24,978) and vivax (n = 2678)
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate... (Publications)
and mortality register including nearly 5.5 million adults aged > /=30 (mean follow-up: 9.97 years). Annual mean concentrations for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), black carbon [...] enhanced after further adjustment for NUTS-1 or NUTS-3. HRs for non-accidental mortality per 5 mug/m(3) increase for PM2.5 for the main model using hybrid LUR exposure were 1.023 (95%CI 1.011-1.035). After including
Validation of a rhinitis symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) in a population of Swiss school children visiting the school health services (Publications)
most strongly associated with reported hay fever (OR = 5.7, 95% CI 4.4-7.4), nose problems accompanied by itchy-watery eyes (OR = 4.4, 95% CI: 3.3-5.7), symptoms occurring only during pollen season (March [...] (March through September) (OR = 4.9, 95% CI: 3.6-6.5) and a combination of these latter two symptoms (OR = 5.8, 95% CI: 4.1-8.1). The association was stronger for a sensitization to outdoor allergens than [...] than for indoor allergens. The specificity of the various questions was high,...
Air pollution in Switzerland: quantification of health effects using epidemiologic data (Publications)
+/-1.475); bronchitis among children (35% +/-13/5,180 +/-2,590 additional children sufferers in a year); repeated cough among children (+54% +/-8.8/23,490 +/-5,873 additional children per year); cough/phlegm [...] hospital days); restricted activity days (+10.5% +/-0.77/0.42 +/-0.03 million person-days); days with asthma attacks among the 6.7% asthmatics (Swiss prevalence) (+5.3% +/-2.1/ 240,000 +/-102,000 additional [...] 56 +/-1.08 million person-days per year); hospital admissions for...
Air pollution in Switzerland: quantification of health effects using epidemiologic data (Publications)
+/-1.475); bronchitis among children (35% +/-13/5,180 +/-2,590 additional children sufferers in a year); repeated cough among children (+54% +/-8.8/23,490 +/-5,873 additional children per year); cough/phlegm [...] hospital days); restricted activity days (+10.5% +/-0.77/0.42 +/-0.03 million person-days); days with asthma attacks among the 6.7% asthmatics (Swiss prevalence) (+5.3% +/-2.1/ 240,000 +/-102,000 additional [...] 56 +/-1.08 million person-days per year); hospital admissions for...
Validation of a rhinitis symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) in a population of Swiss school children visiting the school health services (Publications)
most strongly associated with reported hay fever (OR = 5.7, 95% CI 4.4-7.4), nose problems accompanied by itchy-watery eyes (OR = 4.4, 95% CI: 3.3-5.7), symptoms occurring only during pollen season (March [...] (March through September) (OR = 4.9, 95% CI: 3.6-6.5) and a combination of these latter two symptoms (OR = 5.8, 95% CI: 4.1-8.1). The association was stronger for a sensitization to outdoor allergens than [...] than for indoor allergens. The specificity of the various questions was high,...
Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial... (Publications)
Geometric mean WBC counts (x 1000 cells/microL) in age groups < 1, 1-4, 5-14 and > /= 15 years were 10.5, 8.3, 7.1, 5.7 and 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0 for individuals with falciparum (n = 24,978) and vivax (n = 2678)
Disentangling associations between multiple environmental exposures and all-cause mortality: an analysis of European administrative and traditional... (Publications)
NO(2). The CRI of air pollutants (PM(2.5) or NO(2)) plus NDVI and mean warm season temperature resulted in a stronger effect compared to single-exposure HRs: [PM(2.5) pooled HR: 1.061 (95% CI 1.021-1.102); [...] hybrid land use regression models and satellite data for: air pollution [fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), black carbon (BC), warm season ozone (O(3))], land/built environment [normalized [...] out of approximately 204 million person-years. In administrative...
Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q fever and Rift Valley fever in pastoralists and their livestock in Afar, Ethiopia: a One Health approach (Publications)
highest seroprevalence (8.3%, 95%CI 3.3-19.2), followed by goats (2.7%; 95%CI 1.4-5.1), sheep (2.5%; 95%CI 1.0-5.9) and camels (1.8%; 95%CI 0.4-6.9). Human Q fever seropositivity was found to be associated [...] (95%CI 10.4-24.6) and 8.8% in cattle (95%CI 5.0-15.0). For Rift Valley fever the seroprevalence in pastoralists was 6.1% (95%CI 3.3-11.0) and 3.9% (95%CI 2.6-5.7) in livestock overall; cattle had the highest
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate... (Publications)
and mortality register including nearly 5.5 million adults aged > /=30 (mean follow-up: 9.97 years). Annual mean concentrations for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), black carbon [...] enhanced after further adjustment for NUTS-1 or NUTS-3. HRs for non-accidental mortality per 5 mug/m(3) increase for PM2.5 for the main model using hybrid LUR exposure were 1.023 (95%CI 1.011-1.035). After including