Efficacy and safety of albendazole in hookworm-infected preschool-aged children, school-aged children and adults in Côte d'Ivoire: a phase II... (Publications)
arm. Sample size in PSAC was considered too small to derive meaningful conclusions. Only 10.7% and 5.1% of participants reported any adverse event at 3 hours and 24 hours post-treatment, respectively.
Evaluation of larvicidal and in vitro antiparasitic activities of plants in a biodiversity plot in the Altos de Campana National Park, Panama1 (Publications)
(IC50 33.1 mu M) and (2) (IC50 33.6 mu M) showed weakly antileishmanial activity miltefosine: IC50 0.5 mu M), but they were not cytotoxic to Vero mammalian cells
Parasitological and clinical efficacy of standard treatment regimens against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, <em>P. vivax</em> and <em>P.... (Publications)
(7 patients) or mixed infection (10 patients) were included. 86 were treated with AQ, 88 with CQ and 5 with Q+SP. 21/179 patients (12%) were not cured or had a recrudescence of symptoms associated with
Child exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides measured in urine, wristbands, and household dust and its implications for child health... (Publications)
among the three matrices (Rs = −0.12 to 0.35), except for chlorpyrifos in dust and its biomarker 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol in urine (Rs = 0.44). No differences in exposure levels between living locations
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests reliably detect asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in school-aged children that are infectious to... (Publications)
recorded after dissections, from which 94.9% (282/297) were derived from infections detected by mRDT and 5.1% (15/297) from subpatent mRDT infections. CONCLUSION: The mRDT can be used reliably to detect children
The INSPIRE population survey: development, dissemination and respondent characteristics (Publications)
ire. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 30.7% (n = 8,846), with variations between 20.6 and 34.5% across the different care regions in the canton. A generally higher response rate was found in the
Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 drug resistance during the 3-month World Health Organization-recommended enhanced adherence counseling... (Publications)
31 of 57 (54.4%) before to 36 of 57 (63.2%) after EAC. Median susceptibility scores dropped from 0.5 (interquartile range [IQR] = 0.25-) to 0.25 (IQR = 0.25-1) during the EAC period (P = .16). Conclusions:
Antimicrobial resistance in rural settings in Latin America: a scoping review with a One Health lens (Publications)
only 1 article out of 21 considered the OH approach as a framework for their sampling scheme, whereas 5 out 21 discussed all the three OH components. There were hardly any descriptions of humans or human
The impact of health worker absenteeism on patient health care seeking behavior, testing and treatment: a longitudinal analysis in Uganda (Publications)
42% of all days monitored in lowest level public health clinics, whereas this number was less than 5% in high level public hospitals and private facilities. In our preferred empirical model with household
Treatment strategies for nitroimidazole-refractory giardiasis: a systematic review (Publications)
data was conducted with pooling of data for interventions. KEY FINDINGS: Included in this review were 5 prospective studies, 3 retrospective studies, 7 case series and 9 case reports. Across these reports