Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool (Publications)
At baseline FECPAKG2 revealed a sensitivity of 75.6% (72.0-77.7) for detecting A. lumbricoides, 71.5% (67.4-95.3) for hookworm and 65.8% (64.9-66.2) for T. trichiura, which was significantly lower (all
Immune system development varies according to age, location, and anemia in African children (Publications)
this at-risk population. We sought to identify factors that shape immune development in children under 5 years of age from Tanzania and Mozambique by detailed immunophenotyping of longitudinal blood samples
Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: a case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana (Publications)
95%CI [0.46, 0.84]; p = 0.002) compared to male neonates; neonates with low birth weight (4.02 [2.92, 5.53]) and extreme low birth weight (18.9 [10.9, 32.4]) were at a higher risk of still birth (p
Dog-assisted therapy in neurorehabilitation of children with severe neurological impairment: an explorative study (Publications)
at an inpatient neurorehabilitation center. The dataset included 196 children and adolescents (Md = 5.50, 0.58-20.33 years) suffering from severe neurological impairments (disorders of consciousness in
Quantification of annual settlement growth in rural mining areas using machine learning (Publications)
and temporal consistency correction. Overall accuracy in the four studied scenes ranged between 58.5% and 95.1%. Arid conditions and limited availability of Google Earth imagery negatively affected cl
Individual aircraft noise exposure assessment for a case-crossover study in Switzerland (Publications)
different nighttime windows. Average nighttime aircraft noise levels were 45.2 dB, 64.6 dB, and 18.5 for LAeq, LAmax, and NAT55 respectively. In this paper, we present a method to estimate individual aircraft
Lessons learned in conducting mass drug administration for schistosomiasis control and measuring coverage in an operational research setting (Publications)
enrolled in schools and 75% for all school-age children. Over the 4 years of intervention, an estimated 3.5 million treatments were administered to study communities. By year 4, the median village coverage was
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Artemisia</em> species (Publications)
fraction infusions of A. afra (BB) were the most active with IC(50) values of 0.35 µg/ml against NTS and 4.5 µg/ml against adult worms. Chemical fingerprinting using High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
The influence of genotype on the natural history of types 1 - 3 spinal muscular atrophy (Publications)
individuals with two SMN2 copies was 8 months (standard deviation [SD]: 4 months) and 10 years (SD: 5 months) for individuals with three copies, and no deaths were reported in individuals with ≥4 SMN2 copies
Drug interaction studies of cabamiquine: ganaplacide combination against hepatic <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> (Publications)
appearance of blood stage parasites when a systemic plasma C(av0-24)/EC(50) ratio > 2 for ganaplacide and > 5 for cabamiquine was achieved. These findings demonstrate that chemoprevention using a combination of
