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1. Symptoms in Swiss adolescents in relation to exposure from fixed site transmitters: a prospective cohort study (Publications)

   Symptoms in Swiss adolescents in relation to exposure from fixed site transmitters: a prospective cohort study

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   comparison to participants exposed below the median and a decreased OR for exhaustibility (0.50, 95%CI: 0.27 to 0.93) for participants with an exposure increase between baseline and follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: [...] transmitters, downlink and total exposure at baseline were 1.9 muW/m(2) (1.0 muW/m(2); 2.8 muW/m(2)), 14.4 muW/m(2) (3.8 muW/m(2); 11.0 muW/m(2)) and 16.3 muW/m(2) (5.8 muW/m(2); 13.4 muW/m(2)), respectively

2. Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - a prospective cohort study (Publications)

   Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - a prospective cohort study

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   68, p = 0.010], body mass index (aHR per 5 kg/m2 1.45, 95% CI 1.07-1.99, p = 0.018) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (aHR < 60 versus > /= 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 3.79, 95% CI 1.60-8.99, p = 0.003) as [...] 144 days from time of enrolment into the cohort [incidence rate 120.0 cases/1000 person-years, 95% confidence interval (CI) 97.2-150.0]. ART was started in 630 (75.5%) patients, with a median follow-up

3. HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies (Publications)

   HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies

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   (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.3-27.0). Compared to the lowest viral load category (0-999 copies/mL), the adjusted rate ratio for TB was 1.41 (95% CI 1.15-1.75, p < 0.001) in the highest group (> 10,000 [...] We included 44,260 patients with a median follow-up time of 2.7 years (interquartile range [IQR] 1.0-5.0); 3,819 incident TB cases were recorded (8.6%). At baseline, the median age was 34 years (IQR 28-41);

4. Exposure to road, railway, and aircraft noise and arterial stiffness in the SAPALDIA study: annual average noise levels and temporal noise... (Publications)

   Exposure to road, railway, and aircraft noise and arterial stiffness in the SAPALDIA study: annual average noise levels and temporal noise characteristics

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   exposed)=32.8 (8.0) dB; Ldenrail (44.6% exposed)=30.0 (8.1) dB; Ldenroad (99.7% exposed): 54.2 (10.6) dB; NEnight=123 (179); NEday=433 (870); IRnight=73% (27); and IRday=63.8% (40.3). We observed a 0.87% (95% [...] aircraft noise levels (Ldensource), total day- and nighttime NEtime and IRtime (percent fluctuation=0%, none or constant noise; percent fluctuation=100%, high fluctuation) at the most exposed facade using [...] (95% CI: 0.31, 1.43%) increase in baPWV per IQR of Ldenrail, which was...

5. Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin plus albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths: a systematic review meta-analysis and... (Publications)

   Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin plus albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths: a systematic review meta-analysis and individual patient data analysis

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   analysis. Ivermectin-albendazole was significantly associated with lower risk (RR = 0.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.31-0.62) for T. trichiura infection after treatment compared to albendazole alone. The [...] transient. Overall, the number of individuals reporting any AE was not different (RR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.87-1.36) in co-treated and albendazole-treated patients. However, although not statistically significant [...] treated with ivermectin-albendazole compared to those treated with...

6. Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)

   Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern megacity

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   13 (1.06, 1.20) for PM2.5 at lag 0–31 (for females, all ages); 1.17 (1.10, 1.25) for NO2 at lag 0–45 (for males, all ages); and 1.13 (1.07, 1.20) for the AQI at lag 0–30 (for females, all ages). Generally [...] confidence interval (CI)) for all seasons, both sexes and all ages at lag 0 for PM2.5, NO2, and AQI were 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), 1.003 (0.999, 1.007), and 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), respectively, per inter-quartile

7. Differential impact of malaria control interventions on <em>P. falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> infections in young Papua New Guinean children (Publications)

   Differential impact of malaria control interventions on <em>P. falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> infections in young Papua New Guinean children

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   (prevalence 41.6% to 22.1% to 11.2%; molFOB: 3.4 to 1.4 to 1.0 clones/child/year; clinical episodes incidence rate (IR) 2.6 to 0.8 to IR 0.2 episodes/child/year). P. vivax clinical episodes declined at [...] falciparum between 2006, 2008 and 2013 (IR 2.5 to 1.1 to 0.2), while P. vivax molFOB (2006, 9.8; 2008, 12.1) and prevalence (2006, 59.6%; 2008, 65.0%) remained high in 2008. However, in 2013, P. vivax molFOB

8. Patient-reported barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)

   Patient-reported barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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   s 18.5%, 95% CI 10.3%-26.8%), and a change to daily routine (adults 28.0%, 95% CI 20.9%-35.0%; adolescents 32.4%, 95% CI 0%-75.0%; children/caregivers 26.3%, 95% CI 15.3%-37.4%). Depression was reported [...] CI 13.0%-18.8%) was a more commonly cited barrier to adherence than feeling well (9.3%, 95% CI 7.2%-11.4%). Health service-related barriers, including distance to clinic (adults 17.5%, 95% CI 13.0%-21.9%) [...] barriers included forgetting (adults 41.4%, 95% CI 37.3%-45.4%; adolescents...

9. Patient-reported barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)

   Patient-reported barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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   s 18.5%, 95% CI 10.3%-26.8%), and a change to daily routine (adults 28.0%, 95% CI 20.9%-35.0%; adolescents 32.4%, 95% CI 0%-75.0%; children/caregivers 26.3%, 95% CI 15.3%-37.4%). Depression was reported [...] CI 13.0%-18.8%) was a more commonly cited barrier to adherence than feeling well (9.3%, 95% CI 7.2%-11.4%). Health service-related barriers, including distance to clinic (adults 17.5%, 95% CI 13.0%-21.9%) [...] barriers included forgetting (adults 41.4%, 95% CI 37.3%-45.4%; adolescents...

10. Clinical determinants of early parasitological response to ACTs in African patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a literature review and... (Publications)

    Clinical determinants of early parasitological response to ACTs in African patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a literature review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

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    (95 % CI: 1.06-2.13), P = 0.022); severe anaemia (AOR = 2.04 (95 % CI: 1.21-3.44), P = 0.008); areas of low/moderate transmission setting (AOR = 2.71 (95 % CI: 1.38-5.36), P = 0.004); and treatment with [...] decreased from 59.7 % (95 % CI: 54.5-64.9) on day 1 to 6.7 % (95 % CI: 4.8-8.7) on day 2 and 0.9 % (95 % CI: 0.5-1.2) on day 3. The 95th percentile of observed day 3 PPR was 5.3 %. Independent risk factors [...] with the loose formulation of artesunate-amodiaquine (AOR = 2.27 (95 % CI:...