Multicentre assessment of motor and sensory evoked potentials in multiple sclerosis: reliability and implications for clinical trials (Publications)
changes from 0.4 to 1.8 ms and 0.36 to 0.62, within-subject minimal detectable change from 1.2 to 5.8 ms and 1.2 to 2.0, within-subject improvement from 0.8 to 3.8ms and 0.8 to 1.3, for single EP modalities
Evaluation of the novel substrate RUG™ for the detection of<em> Escherichia coli</em> in water from temperate (Zurich, Switzerland) and tropical... (Publications)
m-ColiBlue24®. In temperate waters, AT-RUG was found to be as sensitive as m-TEC (97.0%) and C-18 (98.5%) and showed strong agreement with the reference methods. The false-positive rate for E. coli detection
<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineage 1 genetic diversity in Para, Brazil, suggests common ancestry with east-African isolates potentially... (Publications)
a poor correlation with SNP data and are not monophyletic. L1/EAI8-MDG and L1/EAI3-IND belonged to C5; this result suggests that they share a common ancestor. L1.1.3/SIT129, a spoligotype pattern found
Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening for migrant children in a low-incidence country (Publications)
(15.4%). Screening for LTBI was cost-effective if LTBI prevalence was 14%, with a progression rate of 5%; in case of lower LTBI prevalence, LTBI screening is cost-effective if progression rates to active
Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria (Publications)
pregnant women and travelers exposed to Pf in Africa, with licensure for these populations possible within 5 years. Protecting children and mass vaccination programs to block transmission and eliminate malaria
Generating super-shedders: co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth (Publications)
faecal samples. Co-infection resulted in high bacterial loads early in the infection (within the first 5 days) that could cause host mortality. Co-infection also produced helminth 'super-shedders'; individuals
Mortality due to Chagas disease in Brazil from 1979 to 2009: trends and regional differences (Publications)
(proportional mortality: 0.62%). The mean crude and age-standardized mortality rates were 3.61 and 5.19 deaths/100,000 inhabitants/year, respectively. During the observation period, Chagas mortality declined
Acute muscular sarcocystosis: an international investigation among ill travelers returning from Tioman island, Malaysia, 2011 and 2012 (Publications)
exposure data. We defined a probable case as travel to Tioman Island after March 1, 2011, eosinophilia (> 5%), clinical or laboratory-supported myositis, and negative trichinellosis serology. Case confirmation
Occupational exposures and uncontrolled adult-onset asthma in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II (Publications)
12-month and 10-year exposure to any occupational asthmagens (OR (95% CI) 1.6 (1.0-2.40) and 1.7 (1.2-2.5), respectively); high (1.7 (1.0-2.8) and 1.9 (1.3-2.9), respectively) and low (1.6 (1.0-2.7) and 1.8
The prevalence and distribution of food sensitization in european adults (Publications)
milk (0.8%) and egg (0.9%), and the most common were to hazelnut (9.3%), peach (7.9%) and apple (6.5%). The order of prevalence of IgE sensitization against different foods was similar in each centre and
