Health impact assessment of transport policies in Rotterdam: decrease of total traffic and increase of electric car use (Publications)
kilometers and a share of 50% electric-powered private vehicle kilometers) on particulate matter (PM2.5), elemental carbon (EC) and noise (engine noise and tyre noise) were assessed using Years of Life Lost [...] have marginal effects on air pollution, because already implemented traffic policies will reduce PM2.5 and EC by around 40% and 60% respectively, from 2010 to 2020. DISCUSSION: The evaluation of planned
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic... (Publications)
observed prevalences for T. trichiura, hookworm, A. lumbricoides, and S. stercoralis were 47.9%, 22.5%, 16.5%, and 10.8% after examining 3 stool samples. These values are close to the 'true' prevalences predicted
Symptoms and cognitive functions in adolescents in relation to mobile phone use during night (Publications)
for daytime tiredness and rapid exhaustibility were 1.86 (95% CI: 1.02-3.39) and 2.28 (95% CI: 0.97-5.34), respectively. Similar results were found when analyzing objective operator recorded mobile phone [...] phone use data (tiredness: 1.63, 95% CI: 0.94-2.82 and rapid exhaustibility: 2.32, 95% CI: 1.01-5.36). The cognitive tests on memory and concentration capacity were not related to mobile phone use during
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> diversity and population structure across four continents (Publications)
South Pacific (8.1-9.9) Madagascar and Sudan (7.9-8.4), and lowest in South America and Central Asia (5.5-7.2). A reduced panel of only 3 markers was sufficient to identify approx. 90% of all haplotypes in
Health-related quality of life in South African patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (Publications)
study during six-month standard TB treatment in South Africa. These included the generic SF-12 and EQ-5D-5L, the disease-specific St. George s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and the condition-specific Hospital
Combination chemotherapy against <em>Clonorchis sinensis</em>: experiments with artemether, artesunate, OZ78, praziquantel, and tribendimidine in the... (Publications)
artesunate, for example, reduced worm burden by 50% and 95%, respectively. Artemether and OZ78 (12.5-50 mg/kg) showed dose-dependent killing, but no significant drug interactions when given with 150 mg/kg [...] praziquantel, suggesting independent additive effects. In contrast, artesunate and tribendimidine (12.5-50 mg/kg) showed synergistic interactions with 150 mg/kg praziquantel. When low doses of 3.1 and 6.25
Genetic association with response to intravitreal ranibizumab in patients with neovascular AMD (Publications)
loci (CFH, CFB, HTRA1, AMRS2, and VEGFA) as well as not yet reported AMD-associated genes (KDR, LRP5, and FZD4) were determined, and their frequencies were compared. Results. Of the 309 eyes included in [...] loci CFH, HTRA1, and AMRS2 were confirmed, and a risk-conferring polymorphism in one new locus, LRP5, was identified. Conclusions. Genetic predisposition may account for the variability in response to
Aerobic and lung performance in premature children with and without chronic lung disease of prematurity (Publications)
effects of chronic lung disease of infancy (CLD) versus prematurity (PRE) without CLD in children 5 to 7 years old who were born prematurely (24-30 weeks of gestation) with very low and extremely low [...] iction (EIB) was more prevalent among the 2 premature groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our children 5 to 7 years old born at VLBW or ELBW, with or without CLD, have some degree of pulmonary dysfunction
Feeding and survival of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae on plants growing in Kenya (Publications)
(Ricinus communis L.) had the longest survival times (mean and median survival time of 6.99 +/- 0.23 and 5.67 +/- 0.17 days, respectively), comparable to mosquitoes given 6% glucose (mean and median survival [...] containing a range of local plants, but no host for blood, and allowed to feed ad libitum: 6.7 +/- 0.5% (11/64) of those recaptured were found to contain detectable fructose (all females). Common plants
Accuracy of the Kato-Katz, adhesive tape and FLOTAC techniques for helminth diagnosis among children in Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
triplicate Kato-Katz, a single FLOTAC was more sensitive for the diagnosis of A. lumbricoides (89.5% versus 39.5%) and D. dendriticum (88.9% versus 33.3%), but less sensitive for H. nana (66.7% versus 88.9%)
