The recurrent campylobacteriosis epidemic over Christmas and New Year in European countries, 2006-2014 (Publications)
of a multiple of the observed notification rates in the weeks before or after the peak e.g. up to 6.5 notifications per 100,000 population per week in Luxembourg. Disease onset of cases notified during
Classifying recurrent <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>cases in Georgia using MIRU-VNTR typing (Publications)
on the corresponding paired samples. Of the 32 patients, 25 (83.3%) were identified as relapse while 5 (16.7%) were due to re-infection. Patients with a history of incarceration were significantly associated
Hypertension control and retention in care among HIV-infected patients: the effects of co-located HIV and chronic noncommunicable disease care (Publications)
6.8 percentage points (P < 0.001) and retention in HIV care with no gaps > 6 months increased by 10.5 percentage points (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: A CDM program that co-locates NCD and HIV care shows potential
Are out-of-school adolescents at higher risk of adverse health outcomes? Evidence from 9 diverse settings in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
We assessed heterogeneity by gender and study site. RESULTS: Across 7,829 adolescents aged 10-19, 70.5% were in school at the time of interview. In-school adolescents were 14.3% more likely (95% CI: 6-22)
Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct susceptibility testing of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli from positive blood... (Publications)
3% of combinations showing very major errors, those for 0.4% showing major errors, and those for 0.5% showing minor errors. Although the number of tested isolates was limited (n = 33), direct AST of s
The mitochondrial genomes of the zoonotic canine filarial parasites<em> Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens</em> and <em>Candidatus</em> Dirofilaria... (Publications)
sequences clustered together and were the common sister group to Dirofilaria immitis. Analysis of a 2.5 kb mitochondrial genome fragment from macrofilaria or canine blood samples from Europe (42), Thailand
The economic payoffs of integrated malaria control in the Zambian copperbelt between 1930 and 1950 (Publications)
healthy work forces. The programmes averted an estimated 796,622 US dollars in direct treatment costs and 5,678,745 US dollars in indirect costs as a result of reduced work absenteeism. Within a few years of
A tradition and an epidemic: determinants of the campylobacteriosis winter peak in Switzerland (Publications)
consumers revealed chicken as the type of meat with the highest risk of disease (mOR 3.8, 95 % CI 1.1-13.5). Most frequently reported signs and symptoms among patients were diarrhoea (98 %), abdominal pain (81
A <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> PHIST protein binds the virulence factor PfEMP1 and comigrates to knobs on the host cell surface (Publications)
Here, we show that PHIST member PFE1605w binds the PfEMP1 intracellular segment directly with Kd = 5 +/- 0.6 muM, comigrates with PfEMP1 during export, and locates in knobs. PHIST variants that do not
Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population (Publications)
lung function) would capture similar aspects and be correlated moderately (> =0.3) to strongly (> =0.5), whereas non-corresponding domains be correlated weakly with each other ( 0.7 for all AQLQ and SF-36
