First serodetection and molecular phylogenetic documentation of <em>Coxiella burnetii </em>isolates from female camels in Wasit governorate, Iraq (Publications)
Wasitgovernorate, Iraq, from February to April 2019. The prevalence of Coxiella(C.) burnetiiwas 19.8% and 4.4% by ELISA and PCR, respectively. Targeting 16S rRNA genes from three positive samples were
An intra-COVID-19 assessment of hand hygiene facility, policy and staff compliance in two hospitals in Sierra Leone: is there a difference between... (Publications)
functional sinks. Overall HH compliance for the two hospitals was 18.6% and was higher in the regional (20.8%) than the capital city (17.0%) hospitals. The HH levels for the capital city and regional hospitals
Association of soybean-based food with the prevalence of anemia among reproductive aged men and women in rural Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
men and women of reproductive age, and highest among young males. Consumption of soybean was high (79.8%). After adjusting for covariates, the protective association between soybean consumption and anemia
Human behavior, livelihood, and malaria transmission in two sites of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
exposure. People spend a substantial amount of time outdoors or in semiopen structures. Between 4 pm and 8 am, all types of activities across all groups in both study sites may be exposing individuals to mosquito
Breastfeeding following<em> in vitro</em> fertilisation in Switzerland - does mode of conception affect breastfeeding behaviour? (Publications)
rates were high, similar between the in vitro fertilisation group (93.4%) and the control group (94.8%). No increased risk of stopping breastfeeding earlier after in vitro fertilisation treatment compared
Lignans, amides, and saponins from <em>Haplophyllum tuberculatum</em> and their antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
amides, namely dihydro-feruloyltyramine (5), (E)-N-feruloyltyramine (6), N,N'-diferuloylputrescine (8), and 7'-ethoxy-feruloyltyramine (9). The water fraction yielded steroid saponins 11-13. Compounds 1
The global prevalence of<em> Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infection (Publications)
of infected people per country. We estimate the global prevalence of strongyloidiasis in 2017 to be 8.1% (95% CI: 4.2-12.4%), corresponding to 613.9 (95% CI: 313.1-910.1) million people infected. The South-East
Synthesis and in vitro antiprotozoal activities of dicationic 3,5-diphenylisoxazoles (Publications)
antiprotozoal IC50 values) at least 10 times higher than that of furamidine. Eighteen compounds (4-8, 12, 14, 18-22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, and 43) were more active against P. falciparum than furamidine,
Quantifying salmonella contamination in pig slautherhouses in Hung Yen, Vietnam (Publications)
and belly skin samples (35 samples). The result showed that Salmonella prevalence was 36.9% (26.7-47.8%), mostly found on worker's hands (50%) and the lowest from cutting board (33.3%). The highest number
Gammaglobulin and selenium status in healthy neonatal dairy calves in Switzerland (Publications)
than calves with suboptimal colostrum administration (p < 0.004). The median Se concentration was 26.8 and 36.5 µg/L for the calves and dams, respectively. A high correlation was observed between the Se
