Coping with adversity: Resilience dynamics of livestock farmers in two agroecological zones of Ghana (Publications)
seven cattle (15% of the herd size) over a one-year period. The mean resilience score was 71 (SD = 8) out of 98; 52% were highly resilient. Resilience was higher in the southern district (72 versus 70)
Low sensitivity of real time PCRs targeting retrotransposon sequences for the detection of <em>Schistosoma japonicum </em>complex DNA in human serum (Publications)
serum samples, the multi-primer assays showed positive or borderline positive results but only in 9.8% (6/61) of serum samples from patients with confirmed S. mekongi infections. Some cross-reactions with
Comparing methods to impute missing daily ground-level PM10 concentrations between 2010-2017 in South Africa (Publications)
and spatiotemporal predictors like meteorological, land use and source-related variables. National (8 models), provincial (32) and site-specific (44) RF models were developed to impute missing daily PM10
TOURIST2 - tracking of urgent risks in Swiss travellers to the 6 main travel destinations - feasibility and ethical considerations of a smartphone... (Publications)
least one questionnaire during their trip. Participants median age was 34 years (range 18-84 years); 8% were aged > /=60 years; 55% female; 32% had pre-existing chronic diseases. Completion rates were similar
The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and hookworm co-infections... (Publications)
smear for detection of S. mansoni alone, hookworms alone, or S. mansoni plus hookworms were 22.4%, 8.0% and 17.7%, respectively. In the current setting this could be attributable to low infection intensities
Progression to active tuberculosis, but not transmission, varies by <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineage in The Gambia (Publications)
exposed to M. tuberculosis (1.0% vs. 2.9%; hazard ratio [HR], 3.1 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.1-8.7]). Within M. tuberculosis sensu stricto, contacts exposed to a Beijing family strain were most likely
Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of <em>Scrophularia cryptophila</em> (Publications)
Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC(50)'s 2.0 and 5.8 microg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with
The outpatient cost of diabetes care in Italian diabetes centers (Publications)
centers for diabetes care in Italy. RESULTS: The per-patient cost of treatment was [symbol: see text] 136.8 in two months for type I diabetes (N = 592) and [symbol: see text] 123.3 for type II diabetes (N = 1668)
Diphenyl furans and aza analogs: effects of structural modification on in vitro activity, DNA binding, and accumulation and distribution in... (Publications)
the compounds investigated accumulated to millimolar concentrations in trypanosomes over a period of 8 h. Interestingly, some of the less potent compounds accumulated to concentrations much higher than those
Mass screening and treatment on the basis of results of a <em>Plasmodium</em> <em>falciparum</em>-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce... (Publications)
intervals: 0.1-0.3%) in both rounds compared to a PCR positivity (all species) of 2.5% (2.1-2.9%) and 3.8% (3.2-4.4%) in rounds 1 and 2, respectively. Two fifths (40%) of infections detected by PCR included
