Projections of excess mortality related to diurnal temperature range under climate change scenarios: a multi-country modelling study (Publications)
Climate Change, from the lowest to the highest emission scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0, and RCP 8.5). Excess deaths attributable to the DTR during the current (1985-2015) and future (2020-99) periods [...] showed that DTR was associated with excess mortality. Under the unmitigated climate change scenario (RCP 8.5), the future average DTR is projected to increase in most countries and regions (by -0.4 to 1.6 degrees
The impact of maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants in Gavi-supported countries: estimates from two models (Publications)
and middle-income countries could avert 10.1-12.5 million cases, 2.8-4.0 million hospitalizations, 123.7-177.7 thousand deaths, and 8.5-11.9 million DALYs among infants under 6 months of age for the duration
Observational study on the consumption of recreational drugs and alcohol by Swiss travelers (Publications)
criterion was an age inferior to 18 years old.The consumption habits of drugs and at-risk alcohol intake (8 standard drinks (SD) per week for women and 15 SD for men) was analyzed according to gender, sex, d [...] Switzerland (OR 2.2 [95% CI 2-3]), leisure travel (OR 1.6 [95% CI 1-2]) and managerial professions (OR 1.8 [95% CI 1-3]). Risk factors for the use of drugs during a trip were: alcohol consumption in Switzerland
Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
end-point pneumonia and non-end-point pneumonia with 93.3% sensitivity (95% confidence interval 76.5-98.8), 80.8% specificity (72.6-87.1), positive likelihood ratio 4.9 (3.4-7.1), negative likelihood ratio 0.083
The effect of iron-fortified complementary food and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on anaemia in 12- to 36-month-old children: a... (Publications)
iron-fortified complementary food (CF) with optimised composition providing 2 mg iron as NaFeEDTA and 3.8 mg iron as ferrous fumarate 6 days per week (CF-FeFum) and IPT-placebo (n = 126); group 3: IPT of malaria [...] fied CF with the composition currently on the Ivorian market providing 2 mg iron as NaFeEDTA and 3.8 mg iron as ferric pyrophosphate 6 days per week (CF-FePP) and IPT-placebo (n = 127). The primary outcome
Functional assessment of the left atrium by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography using a novel dedicated analysis tool: initial validation... (Publications)
than by CT (95.0 +/- 44.7 vs. 119.8 +/- 50.5 mL, P < 0.001 and 58.1 +/- 41.3 vs. 83.3 +/- 52.6 mL, P < 0.001, respectively), whereas LAEF was measured higher by RT3DE (42.8 +/- 15.2 vs. 34.2 +/- 15.4%, P
Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole,... (Publications)
tly higher efficacy against T. trichiura (CR: 54.0 %, 95 % CI: 43.7-64.0; ERR: 98.6 %, 95 % CI: 97.8-99.2) compared to the other treatment arms. Children treated with albendazole-oxantel pamoate or al [...] rates 18 weeks post-treatment among all treatment arms were 37.2 % for T. trichiura (95 % CI: 28.3-46.8), 34.6 % for A. lumbricoides (95 % CI: 27.3-42.3) and 25.0 % for hookworms (95 % CI: 15.5-36.6). CONCLUSION:
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with dermatophytoses in two HIV-1 positive patients in rural Tanzania: a case report (Publications)
prednisolone (1 mg/Kg/day tapered down after 1 week) were given. Her symptoms subsided completely after 8 weeks of treatment, and her next CD4 counts had increased to 134 cells/muL (11 %). The second case was [...] was a 35 years-old female newly diagnosed with HIV. She had 1 CD4 cell/muL (0 %), haemoglobin 9.8 g/dl, and normal renal and liver function tests. Esophageal candidiasis and normocytic-normochromic anaemia
Efficacy and safety of tribendimidine versus praziquantel against <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> in Laos: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority,... (Publications)
viverrini infection. METHOD: We did an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial in children (8-14 years) and adolescents and adults (> /=15 years) in Champasack province, southern Laos. Participants [...] participants in the praziquantel group. The difference in cure rates between the two groups was -3.8 percentage points (95% CI -7.1 to -0.4), thus the lower limit of the confidence interval exceeded the
Association between helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults from the Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
multiple regression analyses. RESULTS: The prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes was 37.3% and 22.8%, respectively. Fifty-six percent of diabetic cases were undiagnosed and 85% of diagnosed diabetic cases [...] and HbA1c (beta = 0.117; 95% CI: 0.042-0.200) and diabetes mellitus risk (OR = 2.98; 95% CI: 1.10-8.05). No other helminth species was associated with glycated hemoglobin. CONCLUSIONS: Hyperglycaemia
