Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso (Publications)
confidenceinterval (CI) 3.8e5.6 mmol/L), compared to non-cyanide using miners (3.4 mmol/L, 95% CI 2.9e3.7 mmol/L) and other community members not involved in mining activities (2.8 mmol/L, 95% CI 2.4e3.2
Introduction and acceptability of the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Côte... (Publications)
ity of SORMAS, and impact of SORMAS on epidemic preparedness and surveillance. Scores before and 6-8 months after implementation were compared. RESULTS: SORMAS was implemented in two pilot regions in Côte [...] satisfaction scores were high after the user training, which was prior to implementation, and after 6-8 months of use. The ability of SORMAS to improve COVID-19 preparedness and early detection of cases and
The cumulative impacts of droughts and N deposition on Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em>) in Switzerland based on 37 years of forest monitoring (Publications)
precipitation (570-2448 mm a(-1)), temperature (3.6-10.9 degrees C) or total nitrogen deposition (8.5-81.2 kg N ha(-1) a(-1)). Long-term tree mortality has increased more than fivefold due to the multiple [...] concentrations, with negative impacts on tree mortality. Mortality was increased by a factor of 1.8 in spruce compared to mixed beech and spruce stands. Stands with high mortality rates showed previously
SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid plasma antigen for diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 (Publications)
severity. RESULTS: Plasma antigen had 91.9% (95% CI 83.2%-97.0%) clinical sensitivity and 94.2% (84.1%-98.8%) clinical specificity. Antigen-negative plasma samples belonged to patients with later respiratory [...] hypertension, plasma antigen concentration at diagnosis was associated with ICU admission [odds ratio 2.8 (95% CI 1.2-6.2), P=.01] but not with non-ICU hospitalization. Rate of antigen decrease was not associated
Analysis of drug resistance among difficult-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Ghana identifies several pre-XDR TB cases (Publications)
out of which 175 (58.7%) were resistant to at least one drug (ANY(r)); 16.8% (50/298) were isoniazid-mono-resistant (INH(r)), 16.8% (50/298) were rifampicin-mono-resistant (RIF(r)), and 25.2% (75/298) were
Practice change needed for the identification of pediatric hypertension in marginalized populations: an example from South Africa (Publications)
communities. MethodsBlood pressure, weight, and height were measured in a cohort of 897 children aged 8–16 years from eight peri-urban schools in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Cross-sectional prevalence [...] levels. ResultsHypertension prevalence ranged from 11.4% with the pseudo-normative study tables to 28.8% based on the German reference. Global guidelines showed the highest agreement both among international
Investigational medicinal products, related costs and hospital pharmacy services for investigator-initiated trials: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
IMPs (median, 11'000 US$; interquartile range [IQR], 8'882-16'302 US$), but for 11 IITs we found cost increases from a median of 11'000 US$ (IQR, 8'922-36'166 US$) to a median over 28'000 US$ (IQR, 13
Digital technology use and BMI: evidence from a cross-sectional analysis of an adolescent cohort study (Publications)
the associations between digital technology use and BMI z scores (proportion of mediation from 8.6% to 17.8%) by an indirect effect. Conclusions: We found an association between digital technology use and
Comparison of a new IgG-EIA for the detection of anti-plasmodium antibodies with two currently used assays (Publications)
the respec-tive centre. Thirty-four of 595 (5.7%) tested blood samples from centre 1 and 49 of 501 (9.8%) tested blood samples from centre 2 showed reactivity on either or both ELISAs. All 83 reactive samples [...] calculated (1,065/1,080 confirmed negative samples). The overall agreement with the reference centre was 95.8% in centre 1 and 94% in centre 2. Conclusion: The comparison of the new EUROIMMUN ELISA and the established
Adherence to standard treatment guidelines among prescribers in primary healthcare facilities in the Dodoma region of Tanzania (Publications)
pneumonia (6.1%), skin problems (5.8%), gastrointestinal diagnoses (5%), urinary tract infections (4%), worm infestations (3.6%) and eye problems (2.1%). Only 1.8% of all diagnoses were non-communicable
