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1. Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia: a prospective cohort study (Publications)

   Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

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   BACKGROUND: Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological

2. Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements (Publications)

   Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements

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   BACKGROUND: The acceleration of the control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Nigeria, emphasizing preventive chemotherapy, has become imperative in light of the global fight against ne

3. Feasibility and acceptability of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)

   Feasibility and acceptability of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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   BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) changed its national policy for the treatment of severe malaria in both children and adults in 2012 from intravenous quinine to injectable artesu

4. Do instructional videos on sputum submission result in increased tuberculosis case detection? A randomized controlled trial (Publications)

   Do instructional videos on sputum submission result in increased tuberculosis case detection? A randomized controlled trial

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   OBJECTIVE: We examined the effect of an instructional video about the production of diagnostic sputum on case detection of tuberculosis (TB), and evaluated the acceptance of the video. TRIAL DESIGN: R

5. Financial and economic costs of the elimination and eradication of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa (Publications)

   Financial and economic costs of the elimination and eradication of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa

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   BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a parasitic disease transmitted by blackflies. Symptoms include severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% o

6. Can health workforce management actions positively influence retention and attrition of health workers? A study on human resources for health in the... (Publications)

   Can health workforce management actions positively influence retention and attrition of health workers? A study on human resources for health in the eastern region of Ghana

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7. Functional analysis and transcriptional output of the Göttingen minipig genome (Publications)

   Functional analysis and transcriptional output of the Göttingen minipig genome

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   BACKGROUND: In the past decade the Göttingen minipig has gained increasing recognition as animal model in pharmaceutical and safety research because it recapitulates many aspects of human physiology a

8. Spatial and temporal variation of malaria entomological parameters at the onset of a hydro-agricultural development in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)

   Spatial and temporal variation of malaria entomological parameters at the onset of a hydro-agricultural development in central Côte d'Ivoire

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   BACKGROUND: A deeper understanding of the ecology and small-scale heterogeneity of malaria transmission is essential for the design of effective prevention, control and elimination interventions. The

9. Spatial variation and land use regression modeling of the oxidative potential of fine particles (Publications)

   Spatial variation and land use regression modeling of the oxidative potential of fine particles

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   BACKGROUND: Oxidative potential (OP) has been suggested to be a more health-relevant metric than particulate matter (PM) mass. Land use regression (LUR) models can estimate long-term exposure to air p

10. Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine... (Publications)

    Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine concentrations and therapeutic response using individual patient data

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    BACKGROUND: Achieving adequate antimalarial drug exposure is essential for curing malaria. Day 7 blood or plasma lumefantrine concentrations provide a simple measure of drug exposure that correlates w