Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey (Publications)
intravaginal or any practice. Results Most women currently perform vaginal practices (90.2%), with 34.8% reporting two and 16.3%> /=3 practices. Internal cleansing, the commonest practice (63.3% of women) [...] 56) and increased as overall health status declined. Adjusted odds of intravaginal practices were 1.8-fold higher in women reporting unprotected sex (95% CI = 1.11-2.90). Few reported health problems with
Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China (Publications)
hookworms was 15.4%, 3.5%, 1.7% and 0.3%, respectively. The seroprevalence of Trichinella spp. was 58.8% and that of cysticercosis 18.5%. The egg positivity rate of S. japonicum in the 13 known endemic villages [...] altitudes above 2150 m when compared to lower settings (OR=1.51, 95% CI=1.24-1.84 and OR=5.32, 95% CI=3.42-8.28, respectively). The opposite was found for T. trichiura (OR=0.31, 95% CI=0.14-0.70). Our findings
The value of [18F]FDG-PET in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of activity and extent of disease (Publications)
was 60% (95% CI 40.6-77.3%), specificity 99.8% (95% CI 89.1-100%), positive predictive value 99.7% (95% CI 77-100%), negative predictive value 67.9% (95% CI 49.8-80.9%) and accuracy 78.6% (95% CI 65.6-88
Inhibitory activity of marine sponge-derived natural products against parasitic protozoa (Publications)
ylchromenol (6), 4-hydroxy-3-octaprenylbenzoic acid (7), 4-hydroxy-3-tetraprenylphenylacetic acid (8), and heptaprenyl-p-quinol (9); a linear triterpene, squalene (10); two spongian-type diterpenes dorisenone [...] mammalian cells was also assessed. All compounds were active against T. brucei rhodesiense, with compound 8 being the most potent (IC50 0.60 mu g/mL), whereas 9 and 12 were the most active compounds against T
Causes of death in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire, from 2009 to 2011 (Publications)
(n=13). Maternal and neonatal conditions accounted for 8.3% of deaths, primarily pneumonia (n=19) and birth asphyxia (n=16) in newborns. Among the 3.8% of deaths linked to trauma and injury, the main causes
Travel-related health risks in moderately and severely immunocompromised patients: a case-control study (Publications)
significant clinical events were higher in immunocompromised travellers (9/116, 7.8%) than in controls (2/116, 1.7%) [OR = 4.8 , 95% CI 1.01-22.70; P = 0.048]. Most cases were related to infectious diseases
Barriers and facilitators to enrollment and re-enrollment into the community health funds/Tiba Kwa Kadi (CHF/TIKA) in Tanzania: a cross-sectional... (Publications)
participants in the study. Majority (92.7%) of participants consented to participate, with 229 (49.8%) and 231 (50.2%) members and non members of CHF/TIKA respectively. Majority (90.9%) were aware of CHF/TIKA [...] strategies and enrollment, but only socio-demographics; including marital status (AOR = 2.0, 95% CI 1.1-3.8) and family size (household with > /= 6 members) (AOR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.5), were significant factors
Modifying effect of a common polymorphism in the interleukin-6 promoter on the relationship between long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate... (Publications)
intervals (SDNN) (GG-carriers: -1.8%; 95% confidence interval -3.5 to 0.01; pinteraction(additive) = 0.028); and low frequency power (LF) (GG-carriers: -5.7%; 95%CI: -10.4 to -0.8; pinteraction(dominant) = 0
Genome-wide association study of lung function decline in adults with and without asthma (Publications)
decrease suggested for nonasthmatic participants in the discovery phase was replicated (discovery, P = 4.8 x 10(-6); replication, P = .03), and additional sensitivity analyses point to a relation to growth. [...] TUSC3, which is associated with FEV(1)/FVC ratio decrease in asthmatic participants (P = 5.3 x 10(-8)), did not replicate. SNPs previously associated with cross-sectional lung function were not prominently
Infectious diseases are associated with carotid intima media thickness in adolescence (Publications)
different childhood infectious diseases and CIMT in adolescence. STUDY DESIGN: 288 SAPALDIA offspring (8-21years) underwent a clinical examination in 2010-2011: anthropometry, blood pressure, CIMT, blood draw [...] average and infectious diseases score was performed, stratifying by sex. RESULTS: Youth (mean age 14.8 yrs; 53% female) reported on average 1.3 of the listed infectious diseases; 22% boys and 15% girls reported
