Experience and lessons from health impact assessment guiding prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in a copper mine project, northwestern Zambia (Publications)
rate in the community was 3.0% in 2012 and 3.4% in 2015, while positivity rate in the workforce was 5.2% in 2013 and 4.3% in 2015. Females showed a significantly higher odds of having a positive test result
The genetic variation of <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> in the People's Republic of China (Publications)
of 130 specimens and obtained 357 nuclear sequences containing two complete ITS (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S rRNA of the same samples. All specimens were genetically confirmed as A. cantonensis. Two major groups
Efficacy of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>and <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em>: a randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial (Publications)
8% and 98.9%, respectively. S. mekongi cure rates were 75.0% (95% confidence interval (CI): 56.6-88.5%) and 80.8% (95% CI: 60.6-93.4%) for 40 mg/kg and 75 mg/kg PZQ, respectively (P = 0.60). O. viverrini
Comparative performance of three experimental hut designs for measuring malaria vector responses to insecticides in Tanzania (Publications)
of paired differences. RESULTS: A total of 613 mosquitoes were collected in 36 nights, of which 13.5 % were Anopheles gambiae sensu lato, 21 % Anopheles funestus sensu stricto, 38 % Mansonia species and
Durability of Olyset campaign nets distributed between 2009 and 2011 in eight districts of Tanzania (Publications)
in unserviceable condition passed WHO bioefficacy criteria. Overall mean permethrin content was 16.5 g/kg (95 % CI 16.2-16.9) with 78 % of the sub-sampled nets retaining recommended permethrin content
Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic (Publications)
secure, especially when travelling with children. CONCLUSIONS: 1/6 travellers experienced fever and 4/5 of those reacted appropriately: more than half used RDTs and a quarter consulted immediately. Four
The influence of gender and household headship on voluntary health insurance: the case of North-West Cameroon (Publications)
453]). Conversely, women's enrolment decision was primarily associated with their income levels (OR = 5.842 [CI 1.589-21.484]), as well as by the presence of children (OR = 3.734 [CI 1.228-11.348]). The influence
Challenging sleep homeostasis in narcolepsy-cataplexy: implications for non-REM and REM sleep regulation (Publications)
Process S were estimated from the time course of slow-wave activity (SWA, spectral power within 0.75-4.5 Hz) across consecutive NREMS episodes. SETTINGS: Sleep research laboratory. RESULTS: In baseline, SWA
Appropriateness of malaria diagnosis and treatment for fever episodes according to patient history and anti-malarial blood measurement: a... (Publications)
Amongst all participants, 16.0% (1021/6391) reported having had a fever in the previous 2 weeks and 37.5% of them (383/1021) had detectable levels of anti-malarials in the blood. Of the individuals who sought
A broadly-protective vaccine against meningococcal disease in sub-Saharan Africa based on generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) (Publications)
generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) from a recombinant serogroup W strain expressing PorA P1.5,2, which is predominant among African W isolates. The strain was engineered with deleted capsule locus