Residence near power lines and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases: longitudinal study of the Swiss population (Publications)
residence in the immediate vicinity of power lines and Alzheimer's disease: Persons living at least 5 years within 50 m had an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.51 (95% CI: 0.91, 2.51), increasing to 1.78 (95%
Anti-trypanosomal activity of Fexinidazole: a new oral nitroimidazole drug candidate for the treatment of sleeping sickness (Publications)
Fexinidazole is a 5-nitroimidazole drug currently in clinical development for the treatment of human sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)) caused by infection with species of the protozoan
The European Community Respiratory Health Survey II (Publications)
been collated and the programme of monitoring particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 µm has been completed in 21 centres in 10 countries
Association between modelled traffic-related air pollution and asthma score in the ECRHS (Publications)
Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS I and II, respectively). The asthma score was defined from 0 to 5, based on the positive answers to the following symptoms reported for the last 12 months: wheeze/br
Molecular and culture-based diagnosis of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> isolates from Côte d'Ivoire after prolonged storage at disrupted cold chain... (Publications)
for anaerobic culture, susceptibility testing, PCR assays and ribotyping. RESULTS: Sixteen samples (5.4%) had a positive GDH screening test. C. difficile infection was confirmed in six specimens by culture
Bayesian geostatistical modeling of Malaria Indicator Survey data in Angola (Publications)
of the key malaria control interventions and measuring malaria-related burden among children under 5 years of age. In this paper, the Angolan MIS data were analyzed to produce the first smooth map of
Mass screening and treatment on the basis of results of a <em>Plasmodium</em> <em>falciparum</em>-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce... (Publications)
(95% confidence intervals: 0.1-0.3%) in both rounds compared to a PCR positivity (all species) of 2.5% (2.1-2.9%) and 3.8% (3.2-4.4%) in rounds 1 and 2, respectively. Two fifths (40%) of infections detected
Assessment of the excretion time of electronic capsules placed in the intestinal lumen of cows with cecal dilatation-dislocation, healthy control... (Publications)
occurring CDD (group 1), 14 healthy control cows (group 2), and 18 cows with LDA (group 3). PROCEDURES 5 electronic transmitters were encased in capsules and placed in the lumen of the ileum, cecum, proximal
Chemical constituents from <em>Waltheria indica</em> exert <em>in vitro</em> activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> and <em>T. cruzi</em> (Publications)
derivatives (betulinic acid (4), 3beta-acetoxy-27-trans-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (5) and 3beta-acetoxy-27-cis-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (6)) identified by 1D and
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4-15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that