Long-term neurological and psychological distress symptoms among smallholder farmers in Costa Rica with a history of acute pesticide poisoning (Publications)
in hands or feet (3.23; 1.66, 6.32), insomnia (2.53; 1.34, 4.79), accelerated heartrate (2.42; 1.03, 5.47), dizziness (2.38; 1.19, 4.72), increased irritability/anger (2.37; 1.23, 4.55), low energy (2.33;
Identifying the sources of intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing <em>Escherichia coli </em>in healthy infants in the... (Publications)
ESBL-Ec isolates from child-mother dyads of 24 and 11 households, respectively, from child-water dyads of 5 and 4 households, respectively, and from child-mother-water triads of 3 and 4 households, respectively
Tenfold difference in DNA recovery rate: systematic comparison of whole blood vs. dried blood spot sample collection for malaria molecular... (Publications)
samples. Extracted DNA was quantified by qPCR and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR). RESULTS: DNA recovery was 5- to 10-fold higher for whole blood compared to DBS, resulting in a 2- to 3-fold lower LOD for both
Childhood cancer and traffic-related air pollution in Switzerland: a nationwide census-based cohort study (Publications)
leukemia (ALL) and 1.31 (95%-CI 1.00-1.71) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Using exposure lagged by 1 to 5 years instead of current exposure attenuated the effect for AML. The adjusted HR for exposure to benzene
Health insurance coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: progress made to date and related changes in private and public health... (Publications)
insurance coverage was 7.9% in low-income countries, 27.3% in lower middle-income countries and 52.5% in upper middle-income countries. We did not find any association between health insurance coverage
Effect of short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter on repeated lung function measures in infancy: a South African birth... (Publications)
(mug/m(3)) resulted in a decline in tidal volume at 6 weeks [-0.4 ml (-0.9; 0.0), p = 0.065], 6 months [-0.5 ml (-1.0; 0.0), p = 0.046] and 12 months [-0.3 ml (-0.7; 0.0), p = 0.045]. PM10 was related to an increase
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Artemisia annua</em> and <em>Artemisia afra</em> extracts (Publications)
annua infusion. The A. afra hexane- and DCM extracts presented IC50 values that are similar to PZQ (1.5 μg/ml) and approximately five times lower than the comparison drug artesunate (11.6 μg/ml) against NTS
Does global health governance walk the talk? Gender representation in World Health Assemblies, 1948-2021 (Publications)
other gendered language. A gender-to-name algorithm was used as a last resort (4.6%). Time series of 5-year rolling averages of the percentage of women across WHO region, income group and delegate roles
Association between mother's work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka,... (Publications)
children of non-working mothers, children of working mothers with nuclear-type family support had 4.5 times increased odds of stunting (OR 4.49, 95%CI 1.81-11.12), while no odds differential was found for
Comparison of the serion IgM ELISA and Microscopic Agglutination Test for diagnosis of <em>Leptospira</em> spp. infections in sera from different... (Publications)
performed with a sensitivity of 100% (95% CI 2-100%) and a specificity of 21% (95% CI 15-28%). Assuming a 5% Leptospira spp. seroprevalence in this population, the positive predictive value was 6% and the negative