Prevalence and time course of acute mountain sickness in older children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3450 meters (Publications)
which was reached through a 2.5-hour train ascent. RESULTS: We found that the overall prevalence of acute mountain sickness during the first 3 days at high altitude was 37.5%. Rates were similar for the
Antiplasmodial, anti-trypanosomal, anti-leishmanial and cytotoxicity activity of selected Tanzanian medicinal plants (Publications)
17 showed good antiplasmodial activity (IC50 0.04-5.0 microg/ml), 7 exhibited moderate anti-trypanosomal activity (IC50 2.3-2.8 microg/ml), while 5 displayed mild anti-leishmanial activity (IC50 8.8-9
Health effects of the 2003 Southern California wildfires on children (Publications)
17-18 yr) and elementary-school children (n = 5,551; age, 6-7 yr), in a total of 16 communities. Estimates of particulate matter (PM10) concentrations during the 5 d with the highest fire activity were used
Quantification of self pollution from two diesel school buses using three independent methods (Publications)
6.8 mug/m(3) of PM(2.5) inside the bus, respectively, with significantly higher crankcase self pollution (SP) when windows were closed. Approximately two-thirds of in-cabin PM(2.5) originated from background
Development of land use regression models for elemental, organic carbon, PAH and hopanes/steranes in 10 ESCAPE/TRANSPHORM European study areas (Publications)
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), hopanes/steranes and elemental and organic carbon (EC/OC) content of PM2.5. In 10 European study areas PAH, hopanes/steranes and EC/OC concentrations were measured at 16-40 sites [...] The moderate to high explained variance of LUR models and the overall moderate correlation with PM2.5 model predictions support the application of especially the OC and PAH models in epidemiological studies
Whole genome sequencing and spatial analysis identifies recent tuberculosis transmission hotspots in Ghana (Publications)
and ArcGIS. Of the 452 traditional genotype clustered genomes, 314 (69.5%) were confirmed clusters with a median cluster size of 7.5 genomes and an interquartile range of 4-12. Recent tuberculosis (TB)
The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and hookworm co-infections... (Publications)
inth species. We screened 101 schoolchildren from a rural area of Cote d'Ivoire over 5 consecutive days and made 5 Kato-Katz readings from each stool specimen. We estimated single and dual-species infections
WB Niger WASH Cash transfer - Impact Evaluation Endline Survey Integrated WASH/Cash Transfer Program in Niger (Sahel Adaptive Safety Net Program) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/wb-niger-wash-cash-transfer-impact-evaluation-endline-survey-integrated-wash/cash-transfer-program-in-niger-sahel-adaptive-safety-net-program
Household questionnaire. Key variables of interest: diarrheal incidence among <5 years old children, anthropometric status of <5 years old children Anthropometric measurement of children (weight, height, mid-upper
Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of <em>Scrophularia cryptophila</em> (Publications)
Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC(50)'s 2.0 and 5.8 microg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with [...] antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7)
Explorative assessment of the temperature–mortality association to support health-based heat-warning thresholds: a national case-crossover study in... (Publications)
Moderate (90th percentile) to extreme thresholds (99.5th percentile) of the three temperature metrics implied a significant increase in mortality (5 to 38%) in respect of the median warm-season temperature