Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers (Publications)
the diseases, vaccination utilization was negatively associated with limited knowledge (aOR=0.19, 95%CI=0.08-0.43), and positively associated with personal exposure to outbreaks in the study year (aOR=5 [...] nia (CBPP) and peste-des-petits-ruminants (PPR) in 2021) using logistic regression analyses at the 0.05 significance level. FGD transcripts were analyzed deductively. We used triangulation to achieve [...] farmers kept an average (median) of 5 tropical livestock units (TLUs) of ruminant...
Association between estimated whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields dose and cognitive function in preadolescents and adolescents (Publications)
associated with lower non-verbal intelligence score in the Dutch and Spanish preadolescents (-0.10 points, 95% CI -0.19; -0.02 per 100 mJ/kg/day increase in each exposure). However, none of the whole-brain RF-EMF [...] RF-EMF dose was 90.1 mJ/kg/day (interquartile range (IQR) 42.7; 164.0) in the Dutch and Spanish preadolescents and 105.1 mJ/kg/day (IQR 51.0; 295.7) in the Spanish adolescents. Higher overall estimated whole-brain
Rabies immunoglobulin: brief history and recent experiences in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
mortality of 1.2% (95% CI 0.3-3.6%) in the eRIG group and 0.5% (95% CI 0.1-1.4%) in the non-eRIG group. The difference in proportions was small and not statistically significant (0.7 %, p=0.21). Deaths in both
High sensitivity detection of <em>Plasmodium</em> species reveals positive correlations between infections of different species, shifts in age... (Publications)
were observed in LDR-FMA compared to LM diagnosis (p < 0.001). Increases were particularly pronounced for P. malariae (3.9% vs 13.4%) and P. ovale (0.0% vs 4.8%). In contrast to LM diagnosis, which suggested [...] infections, a significant excess of mixed infections over expectation was detected by LDR-FMA (p < 0.001). Age of peak prevalence shifted to older age groups in LDR-FMA diagnosed infections for P. falciparum [...] infection prevalence explaining between 60.6% - 74.5% of this variation...
Risk factors associated with the epilepsy treatment gap in Kilifi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
(adjusted odds ratio 1.85, 95% CI 1.11-2.71), reporting negative attitudes about biomedical treatment (0.86, 0.78-0.95), living more than 30 km from health facilities (3.89, 1.77-8.51), paying for AEDs (2.99, 1 [...] self-reported adherence compared with AEDs detected in blood were 38.1% (95% CI 31.1-45.4) and 80.8% (76.0-85.0). The epilepsy treatment gap was 62.4% (58.1-66.6). In multivariable analysis, failure to seek biomedical
Comparison of molecular quantification of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> gametocytes by <em>Pfs</em>25 qRT-PCR and QT-NASBA in relation to mosquito... (Publications)
(marginal R2 0.28 and 0.22, respectively). Densities determined by both methods strongly correlated with mosquito infection rates [Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, 0.59 for qRT-PCR and 0.64 for QT-NASBA [...] QT-NASBA (P < 0.001 for both)]. Gametocyte densities estimated by qRT-PCR were higher than levels estimated by QT-NASBA or light microscopy at high densities (> 100 gametocyte per muL). Samples collected
Iron fortified complementary foods containing a mixture of sodium iron EDTA with either ferrous fumarate or ferric pyrophosphate reduce iron... (Publications)
IDA (p = 0.028) and a borderline significant time by treatment interaction on iron deficiency with or without anemia (p = 0.068). IDA prevalence sharply decreased in the FeFum (32.8% to 1.2%, p < 0.001) and [...] measures were hemoglobin (Hb), plasma ferritin (PF), iron deficiency (PF < 30 mug/L), and anemia (Hb < 11.0 g/dL). Data were analyzed with random-effect models and PF was adjusted for inflammation. The prevalence [...] and FePP group (23.6% to 3.4%, p < 0.001). However, there was no...
Total recall in the SCAMP cohort: validation of self-reported mobile phone use in the smartphone era (Publications)
self-reported and mobile operator traffic data for call frequency during weekdays was kappa = 0.12, 95% CI 0.06-0.18. Of the three modes of mobile phone use measured in the questionnaire, call frequency was [...] sensitive for low mobile phone users on weekdays and weekends (77.1, 95% CI: 69.3-83.7 and 72.0, 95% CI: 65.0-78.4, respectively). Specificity was moderate to high for high users with the highest for call
Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: a tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania (Publications)
for each council with an agreement of 87% in 2016 (95%CI: 0.84-0.90) and an agreement of 90% for the historical trend (2003-2016) (95%CI: 0.87-0.93) The current national malaria strategy was expected to [...] case management were the most cost-effective interventions, expected to reduce the prevalence by 25.0% (95% CI: 19.7%-30.2) and to avert 37 million cases between 2017 and 2020. Mass drug administration
Long-lasting insecticidal nets retain bio-efficacy after 5 years of storage: implications for malaria control programmes (Publications)
test) were used to evaluate the bio-efficacy and wash resistance of Olyset((R)) and DawaPlus((R)) 2.0 (rebranded Tsara((R)) Soft) LLINs after 5 years of storage at 25 degrees C to 33.4 degrees C and 40% [...] strain). RESULTS: After 5 years of storage, both unwashed and washed, Olyset((R)) and DawaPlus((R)) 2.0 (Tsara((R)) Soft) LLINs passed WHO bio-efficacy criteria on knockdown (KD60) > /= 95%, 24-h mortality [...] /= 90% blood-feeding inhibition in WHO assays against susceptible An. gambiae...
