Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study... (Publications)
between 1990 and 2013. We recorded substantial variation in the MMR by country in 2013, from 956.8 (685.1-1262.8) in South Sudan to 2.4 (1.6-3.6) in Iceland. INTERPRETATION: Global rates of change suggest that
Efficacy and safety of oxantel pamoate in school-aged children infected with <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> on Pemba island, Tanzania: a parallel,... (Publications)
(94·4-98·9), and at 30 mg/kg 27 of 46 children were cured (59%, 43-73) with an egg-reduction rate of 98·8% (96·8-99·6). Oxantel pamoate was well tolerated across all treatment groups; only mild adverse events
Low prevalence of <em>Plasmodium</em> and absence of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea: prospects for elimination (Publications)
remaining 10 (8.9 %) were An. melas. The molecular M form of An. gambiae s.s. was predominant (n = 89; 79.5 %). The proportions of kdr genotype in the An. gambiae s.s. M and S form were 65.2 and 81.8 % (n = 9)
Current allergic asthma and rhinitis: diagnostic efficiency of three commonly used atopic markers (IgE, skin prick tests, and Phadiatop). Results from... (Publications)
d adults from the Swiss Population Registry. The prevalence of current allergic asthma (CAA) was 1.8% and of current allergic rhinitis (CAR) 16.3%. The prevalences of positive Phadiatop, positive SPT (at [...] CAA and CAR were excluded, the SPT specificity was significantly higher than that of Phadiatop (77.8% vs 71.9% and 85.9% vs 80.5%, respectively; both P < 0.001): when CAR was excluded, SPT was significantly
Geographical variation of overweight, obesity and related risk factors: findings from the European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg, 2013-2015 (Publications)
birth for overweight in men born in a non-European country (Posterior Odds Ratio (POR): 3.24 [1.61-8.69]) and women born in Portugal (POR: 2.44 [1.25-4.43]), 2. low educational level (secondary or below) [...] 16-98.09]) for obesity, 5. sleeping more than 6 hours for obesity in unemployed men (POR: 3.66 [2.02-8.03]). Protective factors highlighted were: 1. single marital status against overweight (POR: [0.60 (0
Epigenome-wide association study of DNA methylation and adult asthma in the agricultural lung health study (Publications)
observed with atopy without asthma. Numerous CpGs were differentially methylated in non-atopic asthma (8 at family-wise error rate [FWER] p
<em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in schoolchildren in a Madagascan highland school assessed by PCR and sedimentation microscopy and Bayesian estimation of... (Publications)
positive. We estimated the sensitivity and specificity of stool sedimentation microscopy (19.7% and 98.8%) and of PCR (98.9% and 89.3%) using a Bayesian approach for two dependant tests in one population without
Is water delivery a good idea to prevent obstetric anal sphincter injuries in low risk primiparae? An exploratory study in a Swiss public teaching... (Publications)
and second stage of labor. RESULTS: 1844 (47.2 %) of the primiparae had a water delivery and 2063 (52.8 %) a bed delivery. 193 (4.94 %) were diagnosed with obstetric anal sphincter injuries, of which 68 (3
Similar prevalence of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and Non-<em>P. falciparum</em> malaria infections among schoolchildren, Tanzania (Publications)
geographic distribution of 4 Plasmodium spp. by performing PCR on dried blood spots collected within 8 regions of Tanzania during 2017. Among 3,456 schoolchildren, 22% had P. falciparum, 24% had P. ovale
Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation (Publications)
DNAm at 420,509 DNAm sites in blood. We present a database of > 270,000 independent mQTLs, of which 8.5% comprise long-range (trans) associations. Identified mQTL associations explain 15-17% of the additive
