The double burden of malnutrition and dietary patterns in rural Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
status among children (r = −0.139, p < 0.01). The NT was associated with young age (B = 1.696, 95% CI = 1.508–1.885) but not with overweight (B = −0.099, 95% CI = −0.184–−0.013). Interpretation: Our findings
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in household members and other close contacts of COVID-19 cases: a serologic study in canton of Vaud, Switzerland (Publications)
more than 5 people outside home were met during semiconfinement, compared with none (aOR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.16-0.74). Individual risk of household members to be seropositive was lower in large households [...] members (57.2%; 95% CI, 49.7%-64.3%) had developed a serologic response to SARS-CoV-2, while 19.0% (95% CI, 10.0%-33.2%) of other close contacts were seropositive. After adjusting for individual and household
Associations of preconception exposure to air pollution and greenness with offspring asthma and hay fever (Publications)
32–3.78, OR 2.27, 95%CI 1.36–3.80), and paternal high BC exposure with lower asthma risk (OR 0.31, 95%CI 0.11–0.87). Hay fever risk increased for offspring of fathers with medium O3 exposure (OR 4.15, 95%CI [...] greenness (normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)) were calculated for parents 0–18 years old and offspring 0–10 years old, and were categorised in tertiles. We performed logistic regression and
Work area measurements as predictors of personal exposure to endotoxin and cotton dust in the cotton textile industry (Publications)
personal endotoxin concentration for Mills A and B, respectively (Mill A: R2 = 0.83, P < 0.0001; Mill B: R2 = 0.89, P < 0.0001). Although area measures of cotton dust was also a significant predictor of [...] Median cotton dust and endotoxin concentrations measured from VE area samples in the three mills were 0.36 mg m(-3) and 1280.76 endotoxin units per cubic meter (EU m(-3)), respectively, compared to 1.74 mg
Intravaginal practices, vaginal infections and HIV acquisition: systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
bacterial vaginosis (adjusted effect 1.57, 95%CI 1.26, 1.94, I(2) 19.0%) and Trichomonas vaginalis (adjusted effect 1.64, 95%CI 1.28, 2.09, I(2) 0.0%). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: A pathway linking intravaginal cleaning [...] interval, CI 0.71, 1.67). HIV incidence was higher in women reporting intravaginal cleansing but confidence intervals were wide and heterogeneity high (adjusted hazard ratio 1.88, 95%CI 0.53, 6.69, I(2)
Improved antiretroviral treatment outcome in a rural African setting is associated with cART initiation at higher CD4 cell counts and better general... (Publications)
follow-up (HR 1.77, 95% CI 1.15-2.75, p = 0.009; for CD4 100 cells/mul). Higher weight was strongly associated with better survival (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.51-0.76, p < 0.001 per 10 kg increase). CONCLUSIONS: cART
Low efficacy of single-dose albendazole and mebendazole against hookworm and effect on concomitant helminth infection in Lao PDR (Publications)
FINDINGS: Single-dose albendazole and mebendazole resulted in CRs of 36.0% and 17.6% (odds ratio: 0.4; 95% confidence interval: 0.2-0.8; P = 0.01), and ERRs of 86.7% and 76.3%, respectively. In children co-infected
Effect of mutation and genetic background on drug resistance in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
(adjusted odds ratio [OR], 3.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.7 to 5.6; P < 0.0001). Lineage 1 was associated with inhA promoter -15C/T mutations (OR, 6.4; 95% CI, 2.0 to 20.7; P = 0.002). We found that the [...] conveyed by particular mutations (interaction tests of drug resistance mutations across all lineages; P < 0.0001). In conclusion, M. tuberculosis drug resistance mutations were associated with various levels
Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey (Publications)
was lower among women with tertiary education than those without primary education (AOR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.08-0.85), nearly twice as common in sexually active women (95% CI = 1.05-3.56) and increased as [...] the commonest practice (63.3% of women), is undertaken frequently (61.6% cleansing twice daily; 20.0% using > /=2 products). Fewer report application (10.1%), insertion (11.6%) or ingestion (14.3%) practices [...] reporting unprotected sex (95% CI = 1.11-2.90). Few reported health problems...
Emergence of FY*A(null) in a <em>Plasmodium vivax</em>-endemic region of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
of P. vivax infection in FY*A/FY*A (83/508 = 0.163) compared with FY*A/FY*A(null) (2/23 = 0.087) individuals (odds ratio = 2.05, 95% confidence interval = 0.47-8.91). Emergence of FY*A(null) in this population [...] the resident Abelam-speaking population is characterized by a frequency of alpha(+)-thalassemia > /=0.98, we have discovered the mutation responsible for erythrocyte Duffy antigen-negativity (Fy[a-b-]) [...] 23 heterozygous and no homozygous individuals bearing this new allele...
