Evaluation of giant African pouched rats for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients from a high-endemic setting (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of well-characterised patients wit
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Since 2010, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines discourage using stavudine in first-line regimens due to frequent and severe side effects. This study describes the implementation of
Cure frailty models for survival data: application to recurrences for breast cancer and to hospital readmissions for colorectal cancer (Publications)
Owing to the natural evolution of a disease, several events often arise after a first treatment for the same subject. For example, patients with a primary invasive breast cancer and treated with breas
Impact of traffic-related air pollution on acute changes in cardiac autonomic modulation during rest and physical activity: a cross-over study (Publications)
People are often exposed to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) during physical activity (PA), but it is not clear if PA modifies the impact of TRAP on cardiac autonomic modulation. We conducted a pa
Lung function decline, chronic bronchitis, and occupational exposures in young adults (Publications)
RATIONALE: Occupational exposures to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes have been shown to be a risk factor of airway obstruction in cross-sectional studies in the general population. OBJECTIVES: Our aim was
Natural history of primary eosinophilic esophagitis: a follow-up of 30 adult patients for up to 11.5 years (Publications)
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Primary eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic, increasingly recognized, interleukin 5-driven inflammatory disorder of the esophagus. The leading symptom in adults is uniform attacks
Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China (Publications)
Whilst infections with soil-transmitted helminths are common across China, the public-health significance of Schistosoma japonicum and food-borne helminths is more focalized. Only few studies have inv