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1. Vorkommen des Hautwurms <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> bei Hunden in der Schweiz (Publications)

   Vorkommen des Hautwurms <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> bei Hunden in der Schweiz

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   five of 546 analyzed samples (5/546, 0,9 %, 95 % confidence interval [95 % CI]=0,7 - 1,2 %) tested positive for D. repens, in 2019 four of 591 (0,7 %, 95 % CI=0,5 - 0,9 %), in 2020 15 of 783 (1,9 %, 95 % [...] % CI=1,6 - 2,3 %) and in 2021 eleven of 1058 samples (1,0 %, 95 % CI=0,8 - 1,3 %). In the exploratory cross-sectional study, four of the 50 examined dogs were positive for D. repens (8 %, 95 % CI=2,6 -

2. Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)

   Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve

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   ar leak, 0.6% per patient-year; valve thrombosis, 0.04% per patient-year; thromboembolism, 1.1% per patient-year; major bleeding, 0.5% per patient-year; and de novo prosthesis endocarditis, 0.1% per p [...] 2 (0.3%); endocarditis, 53 (9%); and atrial fibrillation, 115 (20%). RESULTS: Follow-up is 99% complete. Data represent 2,500 cumulative patient-years. Mean follow-up is 4.3 +/- 2.6 years (range, 0.1 to [...] patient-year. Postoperative mortality risk was significantly elevated by diabetes (p...

3. <em>Ascaris lumbricoides</em> and <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infections associated with wastewater and human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam (Publications)

   <em>Ascaris lumbricoides</em> and <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infections associated with wastewater and human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam

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   infection (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.3). In contrast, tap water use in households was a protective factor against any helminth infection (i.e. T. trichiura OR=0.6, 95% CI 0.4-0.9). Prevalences increased with [...] with age and males had generally lower prevalences (OR=0.8, 95% CI 0.6-1.0), participants performing agricultural (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.1-2.1) and having a low educational level (OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4) were

4. A malaria risk map of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)

   A malaria risk map of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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   least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) was 78.7 % (77.4-80.0) and 65.0 % (63.7-66.3) at both time points, while use was 57.7 % (56.0-59.9) and 45.0 % (43.6-46.8), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This study presents [...] Selembao (peri-urban), in the 2009 dry season and 2011 rainy season respectively, and it was 1.0 % and 0.8 % in Ngiri Ngiri (urban). History of fever during the preceding two weeks was 13.2 % (12.5-14 [...] Mean prevalence for malaria and anaemia was 6.4 % (5.6-7.4) and 65.1 %...

5. Dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: clinical features and outcome in populations of black and non-black racial category (Publications)

   Dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: clinical features and outcome in populations of black and non-black racial category

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   associated with race, black race being protective (adjusted OR 0.44; 95% CI 0.21-0.92). Overall, 20 patients (4.7%) presented with severe dengue. Non-black race (adjusted OR 3.9; 95% CI 1.3-12) and previously [...] were younger (median age 30 versus 41 years; p < 0.001) and attended care after a slightly longer duration of symptoms (median of 2.9 versus 2.7 days; p = 0.01). Malaria coinfection was not significantly [...] between black (5%) and non-black (1.6%) patients (p = 0.06). The same...

6. Epidemiological links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension: findings from a population-based survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)

   Epidemiological links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension: findings from a population-based survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire

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   associated with hypertension in participants with body temperature 36.5 degrees C or less [OR 0.23 (95% CI 0.06-0.84)]. Contrastingly, microscopic malaria parasitaemia showed positive associations with hy [...] OR: 2.93 (95% CI 0.94-9.14)]. Participants having microscopic malaria parasitaemia with elevated body temperature had three-fold higher odds of hypertension [OR: 3.37 (95% CI 1.12-10.0)] than malaria p [...] distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No...

7. One-year impact of behavioural interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitude and practices of primary schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania (Publications)

   One-year impact of behavioural interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitude and practices of primary schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania

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   9% and 3.0% less children reported to use waterbodies for washing clothes or their body, respectively. In 2022, the difference in mean knowledge scores was 0.8 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.5-1.1] and [...] and the difference in mean attitude scores was 0.6 (95% CI: 0.4-0.7) between children in hotspot compared with low-prevalence schools. CONCLUSIONS: After one year of implementation, the BCC interventions [...] BCC interventions, 315 children participated in the survey in 2020 and 349 in...

8. Vorkommen des Hautwurms <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> bei Hunden in der Schweiz (Publications)

   Vorkommen des Hautwurms <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> bei Hunden in der Schweiz

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   five of 546 analyzed samples (5/546, 0,9 %, 95 % confidence interval [95 % CI]=0,7 - 1,2 %) tested positive for D. repens, in 2019 four of 591 (0,7 %, 95 % CI=0,5 - 0,9 %), in 2020 15 of 783 (1,9 %, 95 % [...] % CI=1,6 - 2,3 %) and in 2021 eleven of 1058 samples (1,0 %, 95 % CI=0,8 - 1,3 %). In the exploratory cross-sectional study, four of the 50 examined dogs were positive for D. repens (8 %, 95 % CI=2,6 -

9. Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)

   Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve

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   ar leak, 0.6% per patient-year; valve thrombosis, 0.04% per patient-year; thromboembolism, 1.1% per patient-year; major bleeding, 0.5% per patient-year; and de novo prosthesis endocarditis, 0.1% per p [...] 2 (0.3%); endocarditis, 53 (9%); and atrial fibrillation, 115 (20%). RESULTS: Follow-up is 99% complete. Data represent 2,500 cumulative patient-years. Mean follow-up is 4.3 +/- 2.6 years (range, 0.1 to [...] patient-year. Postoperative mortality risk was significantly elevated by diabetes (p...

10. <em>Ascaris lumbricoides</em> and <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infections associated with wastewater and human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam (Publications)

    <em>Ascaris lumbricoides</em> and <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infections associated with wastewater and human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam

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    infection (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.3). In contrast, tap water use in households was a protective factor against any helminth infection (i.e. T. trichiura OR=0.6, 95% CI 0.4-0.9). Prevalences increased with [...] with age and males had generally lower prevalences (OR=0.8, 95% CI 0.6-1.0), participants performing agricultural (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.1-2.1) and having a low educational level (OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4) were