Rapid identification of the animal pathogens <em>Streptococcus uberis</em> and <em>Arcanobacterium pyogenes</em> by fluorescence in situ hybridization... (Publications)
species have so far not been published. Both probes recognized all isolates of the target species correctly. With the S. uberis probe SUB 196 no false-positive results were obtained for reference strains [...] far rarely described Arcanobacterium species from animals at standard hybridization conditions. In order to avoid any incorrect classifications of microorganisms as A. pyogenes, two non-labelled competitor
Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout... (Publications)
testing was defined as RDT or microscopy ordered by the health worker and performed at the health facility as part of the health worker-patient consultation. Correct diagnostic testing was defined as febrile [...] or microscopy. Over-testing was defined as a non-febrile patient tested with RDT or microscopy. Correct treatment was defined as patient with malaria prescribed ACT. Over-treatment was defined as patient [...] treatment with ACT compared to 70.3% (95% CI, 54.7-82.2) of patients in the...
Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout... (Publications)
testing was defined as RDT or microscopy ordered by the health worker and performed at the health facility as part of the health worker-patient consultation. Correct diagnostic testing was defined as febrile [...] or microscopy. Over-testing was defined as a non-febrile patient tested with RDT or microscopy. Correct treatment was defined as patient with malaria prescribed ACT. Over-treatment was defined as patient [...] treatment with ACT compared to 70.3% (95% CI, 54.7-82.2) of patients in the...
Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects... (Publications)
on infant-feeding for HIV-positive mothers. Correct answers on drug regimens in different PMTCT settings varied from 25% to 56%. All percentages of correct answers improved greatly with training (P < 0 [...] training and after 7 months, retention of knowledge was tested with the same questions but in different order and layout. RESULTS: Sixty two peripheral nurse-led clinics and the eight district hospitals were
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
malaria treatment. A complementary mystery shoppers study was conducted in 118 retail outlets in order to assess the vendors' drug selling practices. Both studies included drug stores as well as general [...] le about malaria treatment than their peers in general shops. In drug stores, 52% mentioned the correct child-dosage of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) compared to only 3% in general shops. In drug stores [...] the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and...
Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects... (Publications)
on infant-feeding for HIV-positive mothers. Correct answers on drug regimens in different PMTCT settings varied from 25% to 56%. All percentages of correct answers improved greatly with training (P < 0 [...] training and after 7 months, retention of knowledge was tested with the same questions but in different order and layout. RESULTS: Sixty two peripheral nurse-led clinics and the eight district hospitals were
Malaria treatment in the retail sector: knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
malaria treatment. A complementary mystery shoppers study was conducted in 118 retail outlets in order to assess the vendors' drug selling practices. Both studies included drug stores as well as general [...] le about malaria treatment than their peers in general shops. In drug stores, 52% mentioned the correct child-dosage of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) compared to only 3% in general shops. In drug stores [...] the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and...
New methodological approaches to monitor long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) durability for sustained malaria control (Publications)
feeding inhibition in order to develop a logistically simple, time saving and realistic method for assessing LLIN durability and ii) the measurement of proportional hole index (phi) in order to develop a “location [...] durability have limitations and the information collected on LLIN durability will only be useful if correctly collected using simple, realistic and reproducible methods. Thus to address this issue of high public [...] association of size and location of net damage and interaction...
New methodological approaches to monitor long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) durability for sustained malaria control (Publications)
feeding inhibition in order to develop a logistically simple, time saving and realistic method for assessing LLIN durability and ii) the measurement of proportional hole index (phi) in order to develop a “location [...] durability have limitations and the information collected on LLIN durability will only be useful if correctly collected using simple, realistic and reproducible methods. Thus to address this issue of high public [...] association of size and location of net damage and interaction...
Exposure modeling of high-frequency electromagnetic fields (Publications)
such as mobile phone base stations and broadcast transmitters with high spatial resolution in the order of 1 m. The model considers the location and transmission patterns of the transmitters, the three [...] Bubendorf. We calculated Pearson's correlation coefficients between modeling and measurements. Chance-corrected agreement was evaluated by weighted Cohen's kappa statistics for three exposure categories. Correlation
