Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification, particularly of modifiable
RF exposure survey of children and adults: first results from Slovenia (Publications)
Although RF exposure surveys have been carried out in the general environment using recently developed personal measurement devices (exposure meters), comprehensive measurement of exposure with a true
Efficacy and safety of pafuramidine versus pentamidine maleate for treatment of first stage sleeping sickness in a randomized, comparator-controlled,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) is a neglected tropical disease with limited treatment options that currently require parenteral administration. In previous studies
Travelers can import colistin-resistant <em>enterobacteriaceae</em> including those possessing the plasmid-mediated <em>mcr-1</em> gene (Publications)
Stools of 38 travelers returning from India were screened for extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae implementing standard selective plates. Twenty-six (76.3%) pe
Sex-specific gene expression in the mosquito <em>Culex pipiens</em> f. molestus in response to artificial light at night (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a typical feature of urban areas and most organisms living in urban or suburban habitats are exposed to low levels of ALAN. Light is one of the most imp
Effectiveness of a home-based counselling strategy on neonatal care and survival: a cluster-randomised trial in six districts of rural southern... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We report a cluster-randomised trial of a home-based counselling strategy, designed for large-scale implementation, in a population of 1.2 million people in rural southern Tanzania. We hyp