The hidden economic burden of air pollution-related morbidity: evidence from the Aphekom project (Publications)
general urban air pollution-were no higher than 20 mug/m3. Returning an assessment of euro 0.55 million (95 % CI 0-0.95), the HIA based on acute effects alone accounts for only about 6.2 % of the annual h [...] children and coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults over 65-for ten European cities, totaling 1.89 million 0-17-year-old children and 1.85 million adults aged 65 and over. We compare the current health effects [...] burden computed with the comprehensive method [euro 8.81 million (95 %...
Radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure levels in different European outdoor urban environments in comparison with regulatory limits (Publications)
exposure ranged between 0.22V/m (Basel) and 0.41V/m (Amsterdam) in all outdoor areas combined. The 95th percentile for total RF-EMF exposure varied between 0.46V/m (Basel) and 0.82V/m (Amsterdam) and the [...] the 99th percentile between 0.81V/m (Basel) and 1.20V/m (Brussels). CONCLUSIONS: All exposure levels were far below international reference levels proposed by ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Evaluation of giant African pouched rats for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients from a high-endemic setting (Publications)
pulmonary tuberculosis was 0.72 (95% CI 0.66-0.78). An optimal threshold could be defined at > /=2 indications by rats in either sample with a corresponding sensitivity of 56.9% (95% CI 47.0-66.3), specificity [...] 5-86.9), positive and negative predictive value of 71.3% (95% CI 60.6-80.5) and 68.7% (95% CI 60.6-76.0), and an accuracy for TB diagnosis of 69.6%. The diagnostic performance was negatively influenced by
<em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection and cholangiocarcinoma in the Russian Federation: a review of medical statistics (Publications)
Autonomous Okrug (0.9 cases per 100,000 population). O. felineus incidence was not associated with the mean annual incidence of liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancers (r=0.20, p=0.07). This study documents [...] annual incidence of infection and cancer. The average annual incidence of O. felineus was 24.7+/-9.0 cases per 100,000 population. The highest incidence was observed in Khanty-Mansiysk district (599.7 [...] felineus cases were reported. The incidence of liver and intrahepatic bile...
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
