Are overweight and obesity in children risk factors for anemia in early childhood? Results from a national nutrition survey in Tajikistan (Publications)
RESULTS: In the study population, the prevalence of anemia was 20.0%, overweight 13.0%, and obesity 9.5%. In multivariable analyses, obesity and overweight were not associated with anemia. Lower age and living
Cross-sectional surveys and subtype classification of human <em>Blastocystis</em> isolates from four epidemiological settings in China (Publications)
reaction using a set of subtype-specific primers. The prevalence at the four study settings was 1.9, 5.9, 18.4, and 32.6%, respectively. People aged greater than or equal to 60 years had a higher prevalence
Noise-related sleep disturbances: does gender matter? (Publications)
confounding factors. Objectively measured sleep duration in highly exposed men (> 55 dB) was reduced by 1.5 h (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3-0.8 h) compared with low exposed men (
Association between ambient air pollution and diabetes mellitus in Europe and North America: systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
varied across studies. Dose-response effects were not reported. Meta-analyses of three studies on PM2.5 (particulate matter
Potential impact of climate change on schistosomiasis transmission in China (Publications)
Schistosoma japonicum within the intermediate host snail (i.e., Oncomelania hupensis), and a temperature of 5.8 degrees C at which half the snail sample investigated was in hibernation. Historical data suggest
Quantitative assessment of eosinophiluria in <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infections: a new marker of infection and bladder morbidity (Publications)
resolution of pathology. The overall diagnostic efficiency of the ECP test (cut-off value for the ECP > or =5 ng/ml) in relation to infection was comparable with that of egg count and microhematuria, but with a
Studies on <em>Dipetalonema viteae</em> (Filarioidea). 3. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated destruction of microfilariae<em> in vivo</em> (Publications)
a micropore chamber technique. Microfilariae were eliminated within 24 hours in chambers of 3.0 and 5.0 microm pore size when implanted into amicrofilaremic hamsters (week 30 post infection). At peak m
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
(KIULARCO) in Ifakara, Tanzania from 2007-2011. This analysis included data of 3068 patients over a 5-year period. Of these subjects, 1997 (66.9%) were female, median age was 37 (interquartile range [IQR]
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
interest included incidence and severity of diarrhoea, measured daily during a follow-up period of 5 months. The exposure of interest was vitamin-D status at enrolment. RESULTS: Normal-weight and underweight
Abklärung und Antibiotikatherapie von Infektionen in der Hausarztpraxis : Eine Befragung von Allgemeinpraktikern und Internisten mit Praxistätigkeit... (Publications)
indications for antimicrobial therapy were cystitis (19.9%), acute sinusitis (14.1%), acute bronchitis (11.5%), and tonsillopharyngitis (9.2%). Macrolides (24.0%), aminopenicillins (22.6%), and fluoroquinolones