Zoonotic <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> - induced tuberculosis in humans (Publications)
Africa included in the study, we multiplied the observed median proportion of zoonotic TB cases of 2.8% with the continental average overall TB incidence rate of 264/100,000 population/year, which resulted
Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of methylation in children related to prenatal NO2 air pollution exposure (Publications)
and North-American studies (n=1,508) with subsequent look-up analyses in children aged 4 (n=733) and 8 (n=786) years. Additionally, we applied a literature-based candidate approach for antioxidant and a
Prevalence of acute mountain sickness at 3500 m within and between families: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
ascent to 3450 m. Methods: 87 children, 70 adolescents, and 155 parents (n=312) were assessed for AMS 8-10 and 20-24 hours after fast passive ascent by the Lake Louise Score (LLS). Pain sensitivity and oxygen
Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function (Publications)
additional 46,411 individuals. We identified new regions showing association (combined P < 5 x 10(-8)) with pulmonary function in or near MFAP2, TGFB2, HDAC4, RARB, MECOM (also known as EVI1), SPATA9,
Rabies awareness and dog ownership among rural northern and southern Chadian communities − analysis of a community-based, cross-sectional household... (Publications)
population. Almost half of the households (45%) owned dogs, with an overall dog:human ratio of 1:7.8. Southern households owned almost two thirds (701/918) of all dogs and the number of dogs per household
Reprint of "Epidemiology of brucellosis, Q fever and Rift Valley fever at the human and livestock interface in northern Côte d'Ivoire" (Publications)
ELISA. The seroprevalence of Brucella spp. in cattle adjusted for clustering was 4.6%. Cattle aged 5-8 years had higher odds of seropositivity (OR=3.5) than those aged
Identification and characterization of the three members of the CLC family of anion transport proteins in<em> Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
currents. Currents are sensitive to low concentrations of DIDS, insensitive to the pH in the range 5.4 to 8.4 and larger in nitrate than in chloride medium.
Risk of infection and associated influenza-like disease among abattoir workers due to two Leptospira species (Publications)
and deer (n = 2), and tested by the microscopic agglutination test for Hardjo and Pomona. Forty-nine (8.3%) participants either seroconverted or had at least a twofold increased serological titre against
<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
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
