Evaluation of malaria diagnoses using a handheld light microscope in a community-based setting in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
confidence interval [CI]: 73.1-85.9%) and 100.0% (95% CI: 92.6-100.0%), respectively, with a positive and negative predictive value of 100.0% (95% CI: 96.4-100.0%) and 65.6% (95% CI: 54.9-74.9%), respectively
Estimation of heat-attributable mortality using the cross-validated best temperature metric in Switzerland and South Korea (Publications)
HAF estimated using different metrics varied by 2.69–4.09% in eight cities of Switzerland and by 0.61–0.90% in six cities of South Korea. Based on the cross-validation method, mean temperature was estimated [...] Korea were 3.29% and 0.72%, respectively. Furthermore, estimates of HAF were improved by selecting the best city-specific model for each city, that is, 3.34% for Switzerland and 0.78% for South Korea.
Evaluation of malaria diagnoses using a handheld light microscope in a community-based setting in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
confidence interval [CI]: 73.1-85.9%) and 100.0% (95% CI: 92.6-100.0%), respectively, with a positive and negative predictive value of 100.0% (95% CI: 96.4-100.0%) and 65.6% (95% CI: 54.9-74.9%), respectively
Impact of alcohol-based hand-gel sanitizer and hand hygiene advice on travellers' diarrhoea and colonization with extended-spectrum... (Publications)
treat analysis showed a reduction in the incidence of WHO TD in the intervention group (OR 0.54 (95% CI 0.30-0.97), p=0.04). No effect was seen or the incidence of becoming colonized with ESBL-producing En
Evaluation of commercially available anthelminthics in laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections (Publications)
009 and 0.006 mg/kg, respectively) and moxidectin and abamectin being the most effective drugs against T. muris (ED50 values of 0.2 and 0.5 mg/kg, respectively). Laboratory models for soil-transmitted h [...] of 0.03-3 muM). In vivo studies were performed in the T. muris and H. polygyrus mice models, with moxidectin and milbemycin oxime showing the highest activity against H. polygyrus (ED50 values of 0.009
A cross-sectional survey on parasitic infections in schoolchildren in a rural Tanzanian community (Publications)
(OR) 0.51, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27-0.96, p=0.04). Children from households with goats were at higher odds of E. histolytica/E. dispar/E. moshkovskii infection (OR 3.03, 95%CI 1.29-7.10, p=0.01)
Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR (Publications)
ratio female/male: 0.52, mean age: 46.9 years +/- 16.9), 26 (15.1%) died. These had a lower weight at the start (34.6 vs. 40.8 kg, p < 0.001) and were less compliant (91.6% vs. 19.2%, p < 0.001) than survivors [...] survivors. Low compliance was associated with poor accessibility to health care (p = 0.01) and symptomatic improvement (p = 0.02). Survivors had persistently poor health status. They were underweight (54.7%)
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Niger: cost effectiveness of school based and community distributed mass drug administration (Publications)
of $0.58. The full economic delivery cost of school based treatment in 2005/06 was $0.76, and for community distribution was $0.46. Including only the programme costs the figures are $0.47 and $0.41 r
Correlation of plasma copeptin and vasopressin concentrations in hypo-, iso-, and hyperosmolar states (Publications)
rank correlation coefficient 0.49 and 0.77, respectively). There was a close correlation of vasopressin and copeptin concentrations (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient 0.8). Conclusion: Plasma vasopressin [...] hypertonic saline. Median plasma copeptin concentrations decreased from 3.3 (1.1-36.4) pm at baseline to 2.0 (0.9-10.4) pm after water load and increased to 13.6 (3.7-43.3) pm after hypertonic saline. Vasopressin
Treatment with human growth hormone in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome reduces body fat and increases muscle mass and physical performance (Publications)
(n=6, age 3.8-7.0 years); group 2: underweight and prepubertal (n=3, age 0.6-4.1 years); group 3: pubertal (n=3, age 9.2-14.6 years). In group 1, height increased from -1.7 SD to -0.6 SD, while weight [...] weight decreased from 1.1 SD to 0.4 SD, with a dramatic drop in weight for height from 3.8 SD to 1.2 SD. Hand length increased from -1.5 SD to -0.4 SD and foot length from -2.5 SD to -1.4 SD. Body fat, measured
