Psychiatric disorders, suicidality, and personality among young men by sexual orientation (Publications)
statistical significance, and the odds ratio for suicide attempt was halved (OR=5.10, 95% CI 2.57-10.1; AOR=2.42, 95% CI 1.16-5.02). There are noteworthy differences in personality traits by sexual orientation
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and diabetes in adult never-smokers (Publications)
participants' study area as a random effect. RESULTS: The prevalence of DM and ETS in the sample was 5.5% and 47% respectively. There were 2779 never-smokers with 4% diabetes prevalence. Exposure to ETS increased
Simulation of population-based commuter exposure to NO2 using different air pollution models (Publications)
range: 21-61) than with a dispersion model with a lower resolution (39 ± 5 µg m-3; range: 24-51), and a land use regression model (41 ± 5 µg m-3; range: 24-54). Highest median cumulative exposures were calculated
Identification of a new locus at 16q12 associated with time-to-asthma onset (Publications)
performed by using survival analysis techniques. RESULTS: We detected 5 regions associated with TAO at the genome-wide significant level (P < 5 x 10-8). We evidenced a new locus in the 16q12 region (near cyl
Adult lung function and long-term air pollution exposure. ESCAPE: a multicentre cohort study and meta-analysis (Publications)
not other PM metrics (PM2.5, coarse fraction of PM, PM absorbance), was associated with a lower level of FEV1 (-44.6 mL, 95% CI -85.4- -3.8) and FVC (-59.0 mL, 95% CI -112.3- -5.6). The associations were
Demand-side financing in the form of baby packages in Northern Mozambique: results from an observational study (Publications)
in rural Africa. The objective was to test the impact on Institutional Birth Rates of giving a USD 5.50 baby package incentive to every woman who came to give birth in a health centre in a rural, poor [...] 15 districts serving as controls. The total population in the 16 districts in 2006 was just under 1.5 million people. IBRs were observed from 2006 to 2013 (53 months before and 55 months after the intervention
High detection rate of <em>Rickettsia africae</em> in <em>Amblyomma variegatum</em> but low prevalence of anti-rickettsial antibodies in healthy... (Publications)
was performed on 111 A. variegatum ticks. Rickettsial DNA was detected in 96 of 111 ticks studied (86.5%). Rickettsia africae was identified as the only infecting rickettsia using phylogenetic analysis of [...] rickettsial antigen was used. We found R. conorii-seropositives at all altitudes with prevalences between 0.5% and 3.1%. Our results suggest that A. variegatum ticks highly infected with R. africae are the most
Blood-stage parasitaemia and age determine <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> gametocytaemia in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
reverse-transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR). The parasite prevalence by PCR was 18.5% for Plasmodium falciparum and 13.0% for P. vivax. 52.5% of all infections were submicroscopic. Gametocytes were detected in 60%
Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
participate (n=901). FINDINGS: Exposure of children younger than 1 year, compared with those aged 1-5 years, to stables and consumption of farm milk was associated with lower frequencies of asthma (1% 3/218 [...] independent from effect on atopic sensitisation. Continual long-term exposure to stables until age 5 years was associated with the lowest frequencies of asthma (0.8% 1/122), hay fever (0.8% 1), and atopic
Leishmanicidal cycloartane-type triterpene glycosides from <em>Astragalus oleifolius</em> (Publications)
Three known cycloartane glycosides cyclocanthoside E (3), astragaloside II (4) and astragaloside IV (5) were also isolated and characterized. All five compounds were evaluated for in vitro trypanocidal, [...] activities as well as their cytotoxic potential on primary mammalian (L6) cells. Except for the compound 5, all compounds showed notable growth inhibitory activity against Leishmania donovani with IC50 values