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1. Do changes in STEC diagnostics mislead interpretation of disease surveillance data in Switzerland? Time trends in positivity, 2007 to 2016 (Publications)

   Do changes in STEC diagnostics mislead interpretation of disease surveillance data in Switzerland? Time trends in positivity, 2007 to 2016

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   increasing sevenfold from 2007 to 2016. Still, age- and sex-standardised positivity increased from 0.8% in 2007 to 1.7% in 2016. Conclusion Increasing positivity suggests that the increase in case notifications

2. Epidemiology and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis </em>infection in Papua, Indonesia: a molecular diagnostic study (Publications)

   Epidemiology and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis </em>infection in Papua, Indonesia: a molecular diagnostic study

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   Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age > /=5 years (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 5.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.7-22.9) was significantly associated with S. stercoralis infection

3. An individual-based model of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria transmission on the coast of Kenya (Publications)

   An individual-based model of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria transmission on the coast of Kenya

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   intervention, local elimination of malaria is likely with a probability of extinction of approximately 0.8 in low transmission areas. However, a small amount of immigration (> 0.3%) by infected people into the

4. Leishmanicidal and cholinesterase inhibiting activities of phenolic compounds from <em>Allanblackia monticola</em> and <em>Symphonia globulifera</em> (Publications)

   Leishmanicidal and cholinesterase inhibiting activities of phenolic compounds from <em>Allanblackia monticola</em> and <em>Symphonia globulifera</em>

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   guttiferone F (4) (IC50 = 2.77 and 3.50 mu M, respectively) were more active than galanthamine (ICSO = 8.5) against BChE

5. Resource utilization and hospital cost of HIV/AIDS care in Italy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (Publications)

   Resource utilization and hospital cost of HIV/AIDS care in Italy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

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   1997 exchange rate US$ 1 = 1,704 Italian Lire) were L.23,725,584 (US$ 13,923.5), L.15,208,287 (US$ 8,925.1), L.11,942,761 (US$ 7,008.7) and L.7,660,942 (US$ 4,495.9) for the four groups of patients. More

6. Etiology and long-term course of subclavian vein thrombosis with reference to acute therapy (Publications)

   Etiology and long-term course of subclavian vein thrombosis with reference to acute therapy

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   follow-up studies. Acute therapy included anticoagulation in 27, fibrinolysis in 10 and rib resection in 8 cases. The mean follow-up averaged 6.3 years and confirmed a favorable course independent of the acute

7. Antiprotozoal, antitubercular and cytotoxic potential of cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) extracts from Ireland (Publications)

   Antiprotozoal, antitubercular and cytotoxic potential of cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) extracts from Ireland

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   activity against T. b. rhodesiense (IC50 values 2.0 and 3.5 microg/mL) and P. falciparum (IC50s 7.4 and 5.8 microg/mL), with low toxicity. This trend was also true for R. biasolettiana extracts, and its chloroform

8. Antiparasitic drugs for paediatrics: systematic review, formulations, pharmacokinetics, safety, efficacy and implications for control (Publications)

   Antiparasitic drugs for paediatrics: systematic review, formulations, pharmacokinetics, safety, efficacy and implications for control

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   review using PubMed and the Cochrane Central Register of Trials covering a period of 10 years and 8 months until the end of August 2010 to identify trials that investigated efficacy, safety and pharm

9. Meta-analysis of dense genecentric association studies reveals common and uncommon variants associated with height (Publications)

   Meta-analysis of dense genecentric association studies reveals common and uncommon variants associated with height

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   x 10(-6)), with 42 loci surpassing the conventional genome-wide significance threshold (p < 5 x 10(-8)). Common variants with minor allele frequencies greater than 5% were observed to be associated with

10. Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a prospective, multi-centre evaluation (Publications)

    Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a prospective, multi-centre evaluation

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    culture-confirmed TB cases as reference standard. RESULTS: In total, 451 children were enrolled. 37 (8%) had culture-confirmed TB, 48 (11%) highly probably TB and 62 probable TB (13%). The Xpert MTB/RIF