Improved latrines minimally impact <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>transmission in Mekong islands (Publications)
follows: Opisthorchis viverrini, 79.5% and 71.8%; hookworm, 48.8% and 65.6%; and Strongyloides stercoralis, 43.1% and 38.3%. Other helminth species were detected in less than 5% of the study participants. Latrine
China's sustained drive to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
and viruses. Lymphatic filariasis was eliminated in 2007, but schistosomiasis still affects up to 5% of local village residents in some endemic counties with around 300 000 people infected. China harbours [...] Corresponding figures for food-borne trematodiasis, echinococcosis, and cysticercosis are more than 5%. Dengue, leishmaniasis, leprosy, rabies, and trachoma exist in many areas and should not be overlooked
Multiple loci associated with indices of renal function and chronic kidney disease (Publications)
CKD cases). We identified significant SNP associations (P < 5 x 10(-8)) with CKD at the UMOD locus, with eGFRcrea at UMOD, SHROOM3 and GATM-SPATA5L1, and with eGFRcys at CST and STC1. UMOD encodes the most
Epidemiology of schistosomiasis in two high-risk communities of south Côte d'Ivoire with particular emphasis on pre-school-aged children (Publications)
in school-aged children (58.7-68.4%) and adolescents/adults (59.5-61.7%). The prevalence of S. haematobium in the three age groups was 5.9-17.3%, 10.9-18.4%, and 3.8-21.3%, respectively. Most participants
Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of... (Publications)
were 94.5%, 93.3%, 61.3%, and 3.1%, respectively, with more than half harboring triple-species infections. For the intervention group (N = 99), the 1-month post-treatment cure rates were 96.7%, 91.5%, and
Associations between air pollution and socioeconomic characteristics, ethnicity and age profile of neighbourhoods in England and the Netherlands (Publications)
and elderly). We saw higher concentrations in the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in England (1.5 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 4.4 µg/m(3) NO2). Concentrations in both countries were higher in neighbourhoods [...] (England: 3.0 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 10.1 µg/m(3) NO2; the Netherlands: 1.1 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 4.5 µg/m(3) NO2) after adjustment for urbanisation and other variables. Associations for some areas differed
Cholesterol metabolites exported from human brain (Publications)
2-3mg/24h. Gas chromatography (GC)-MS data shows that the cholesterol metabolites 5alpha-hydroxy-6-oxocholesterol (3beta,5alpha-dihydroxycholestan-6-one), 7beta-hydroxycholesterol and 7-oxocholesterol, generally
Prophylactic effect of artemether on human <em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> among Egyptian children: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
PZQ twice four weeks apart, after which one group received 6mg/kg body weight of ART every 3 weeks in 5 cycles during the transmission season and the other group received ART-placebo. At the end of the study [...] o group, i.e. 6.7% versus 11.6%, and incidence of new infections for the PZQ/ART was 2.7% versus 6.5% for the PZQ/ART-placebo. In conclusion, PZQ/ART combined therapy might be considered as an adjunct
National intestinal helminth survey among schoolchildren in Tajikistan: prevalences, risk factors and perceptions (Publications)
the country, prevalences of E. vermicularis, A. lumbricoides, H. nana and T. trichiura were 26.5%, 16.9%, 15.5% and 2.7% respectively. The prevalence of common soil-transmitted helminth (A. lumbricoides and
Seroepidemiological study of African horse sickness virus in The Gambia (Publications)
AHSV; this consisted of 18% (of the total number of serum samples) strongly positive, 46.5% moderately positive, and 16.5% weakly but still clearly positive. Such results suggest a high prevalence of AHSV in
