Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage: a direct observation study in referral hospitals in Kenya (Publications)
Interval: 7% - 11%). Health care providers followed all guidelines for PPH risk assessment in 7% (5% - 10%) of observed deliveries and all guidelines for PPH prevention in 4% (3% - 6%) of observed deliveries
Clonal expansion of artemisinin-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Uganda is associated with substandard treatment practices (Publications)
was more frequently observed in patients sampled 28-days after RAS treatment (OR = 3.9, 95% CI 1.7, 9.5, p= 0.002) of whom 44% were treated with an artemisinin monotherapy. Parasite editing and phenotyping
Determinants of time from HIV infection to linkage-to-care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Publications)
average of 4.9 years for 50% of seroconverters to be linked to care (95% confidence intervals (CI): 4.2-5.7). Among all cohort members that were linked to care, the median CD4 count at linkage was 350 cells/muL
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
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
<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
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
Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis (Publications)
schistosomiasis endemic regions and freshwater contacts, an episode of fever (body temperature > /=38.5 degrees C) and an absolute or relative eosinophil count of > /=700/mul or 10%, were eligible for pa
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