Sleeping hearts: the role of the heart in sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) (Publications)
consistent with heart failure such as exertional dyspnoea (19%vs. 1.7%; P = 0.002) or palpitations (18%vs. 5%; P = 0.28) occurred more frequently in patients than in controls. The median NT-proBNP was significantly
Association of vitamin D status with incidence of enterotoxigenic, enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative <em>Escherichia coli</em> diarrhoea in... (Publications)
children were tested separately for ETEC, EPEC, and EAEC from diarrhoeal stool samples collected during 5 months of follow-up while considering vitamin D status at enrolment as the exposure. Cox proportional
Drug resistance-conferring mutations in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
region. RESULTS: Phenotypic drug susceptibility tests showed 15.7% resistance to at least one drug and 5.2% multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. Rifampicin resistant strains had the rpoB mutations D516F, D516Y or
Transport-related measures to mitigate climate change in Basel, Switzerland: a health-effectiveness comparison study (Publications)
cars and all planned transport measures, 3% of premature deaths could be prevented from projected PM2.5 exposure reduction. A traffic reduction scenario assuming more active trips provided only minor added
Gene-environment interaction for childhood asthma and exposure to farming in Central Europe (Publications)
and 7 SNPs that emerged as genome-wide significant in a large meta-analysis of childhood asthma and 5 SNPs that had been reported previously as interacting with farm exposures for asthma or atopy. RESULTS:
HIV prevalence and risk factors in university students (Publications)
intercourse and this rate was the same for men and women. Reported intravenous drug use was very low: 0.5% for men and 0.1% for women. Condom use was more common for partners of short acquaintance, but unrelated
High colonization rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing <em>Escherichia coli</em> in Swiss travellers to South Asia- a... (Publications)
overall was 69.4% (95% CI 62.1-75.9%), being highest in travellers returning from India (86.8%; 95% CI 78.5-95.0%) and lowest in travellers returning from Sri Lanka (34.7%; 95% CI 22.9-48.7%). Associated risk
Prevalence and spatial distribution of<em> Theileria parva</em> in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo district, eastern Uganda (Publications)
prevalence and spatial distribution determined. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of T. parva was found to be 5.3%. Herd level prevalence ranged from 0% to 21% with majority of the infections located in the North
Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization and mean total IgE with age and cohort (Publications)
of house dust mite, grass, or cat (net change per 10 years of follow-up, -0.1%; 95% CI, -1.7% to 1.5%), although there was a fall in mean total IgE (ratio of geometric mean total IgE, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.79
Heteronuclear 19F-1H statistical total correlation spectroscopy as a tool in drug metabolism: study of flucloxacillin biotransformation (Publications)
studying the metabolism of other fluorine-containing drugs, including important anticancer agents such as 5-fluorouracil and flutamide, and is extendable to any drug metabolism study where there is a spin-active