Impact of malaria interventions on child mortality in endemic African settings: comparison and alignment between LiST and Spectrum-Malaria model (Publications)
interventions, on malaria infection prevalence, case incidence and mortality in children 0-4 years, 5-14 years of age and adults. Spectrum-Malaria uses statistical models fitted to simulations of the dynamic
Status of soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren in Laguna Province, the Philippines: determined by parasitological and molecular... (Publications)
detection of at least one type of STH infection (33.8% by KK vs. 78.3% by qPCR), Ascaris lumbricoides (20.5% by KK vs. 60.8% by qPCR) and Trichuris trichiura (23.6% by KK vs. 38.8% by qPCR). Considering the combined
Liposomal amphotericin B in travelers with cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis: not a panacea (Publications)
tegumentary infection with L. infantum was associated with complete healing after L-AmB therapy (OR 5.8 IC 95% [1.03-32]) while infection with other species had no impact on outcome. CONCLUSION: In conditions
Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific <em>Mtb</em>-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases (Publications)
contacts with an overall sensitivity of 72.1% [confidence interval (CI) 0.59-0.86] and specificity of 95.5% (CI 0.90-1.02) with a positive predictive value of 93.9% and negative predictive value of 78.2%. The
Knowledge-attitude and practice of Anthrax and brucellosis: implications for zoonotic disease surveillance and control in pastoral communities of Afar... (Publications)
of Afar and the Somali region (SRS). RESULTS: Among the 51 healthcare providers, 25 (49%) and 38 (74.5%) had heard of brucellosis, and anthrax, respectively. Of those, only 3 (12%) and 14 (36.8%) knew the
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding routine immunization coverage in India through Intensified Mission Indradhanush (Publications)
million from an immunization program perspective and increased vaccine delivery by an estimated 2.2 (-0.5 to 4.8) million doses over a 12-month period, averting an estimated 1,413 (-350 to 3,129) deaths. The
Global and regional cardiovascular mortality attributable to nonoptimal temperatures over time (Publications)
a multivariate meta-regression model was developed between location-specific effect estimates and 5 meta-predictors. Third, cardiovascular deaths associated with nonoptimal, cold, and hot temperatures
Novel genes and insights in complete asthma remission: a genome-wide association study on clinical and complete asthma remission (Publications)
RESULTS: Of the 790 asthmatics, 178 (23%) had ClinR and 55 ComR (7%) after median follow-up of 15.5 [range 3.3-47.8] years. In ClinR, 1 of the 25 SNPs, rs2740102, replicated in a meta-analysis of the
Fine-scale spatial and temporal heterogeneities in insecticide resistance profiles of the malaria vector,<em> Anopheles arabiensis</em> in rural... (Publications)
0.75% permethrin, 4% DDT, 4% dieldrin, 0.1% bendiocarb, 0.1% propoxur, 0.25% pirimiphos-methyl and 5% malathion. A hydrolysis probe assay was used to screen for L1014F ( kdr-w) and L1014S ( kdr-e) mutations
Modelling the vertical gradient of nitrogen dioxide in an urban area (Publications)
(RMSE 4.1mug/m(3)), it predicted measured concentrations at all heights with an R(2) of 0.79 (RMSE 4.5mug/m(3)), systematically overpredicting concentrations at higher floors. The LUR model considering vertical