Prognostic biomarkers in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: validating and scrutinizing multimodal evoked potentials (Publications)
e patients with PPMS (expanded disability status scale (EDSS): 2.0-6.5; mean clinical follow-up: 2.8 years) had visual (VEP), upper and lower limb somatosensory (SEP) and motor EP (MEP) at baseline. Q
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasite prevalence in East Africa: updating data for malaria stratification (Publications)
940 time-space age-standardised and microscopy-converted surveys were assembled of which 14,170 (74.8%) were identified after 2017. The estimated national population-adjusted posterior mean parasite prevalence
Substantial reduction in particulate matter air pollution across Europe during 2006-2019: a spatiotemporal modeling analysis (Publications)
The number of people exposed to PM10 levels above the WHO thresholds decreased from 78.3% (52.6, 91.8%) in 2006 to 28.4% (16.2, 43.7%) in 2019; for PM2.5, the decrease was smaller: from 91.0% (61.3, 99
Estimating intervention effectiveness in trials of malaria interventions with contamination (Publications)
146 m (95% credible interval [0.052,0.923] km), together with a 31.9% (95% credible interval [15.3,45.8]%) reduction of Plasmodium infection, compared to the 30.0% reduction estimated without accounting for
Rifampicin mono-resistant tuberculosis is not the same as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a descriptive study from Khayelitsha, South Africa (Publications)
between 2013-2017 versus 2008-2012 (aOR 1.3, 1.1-1.7) were associated with RMR-TB. Among 1,119 (54.8%) patients with available WGS data showing RR-TB, significant differences in the distribution of rpoB
The role of children and adolescents in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a rapid review (Publications)
years). RESULTS: Of 2778 screened articles, we included 63 (20 case reports, 18 cross-sectional studies, 8 cohort studies, 6 narrative reviews or viewpoints, 10 systematic reviews and 1 modelling study). Children
Same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation for people living with HIV who have tuberculosis symptoms: a systematic review (Publications)
start same-day). Two of the four studies were conducted sequentially; proven viral load suppression at 8 months was 31% when everyone with tuberculosis symptoms had ART deferred, and 44% when the algorithm
Associations between household socioeconomic status, car ownership, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness in South African primary... (Publications)
and PA/cardiorespiratory fitness. METHODS: Parents/guardians of 908 children (49% girls, mean age = 8.3 [1.4] y) completed a survey on household SES. PA was assessed via 7-day accelerometry, parental and
LuftiBus in the school (LUIS): a population-based study on respiratory health in schoolchildren (Publications)
included 3870 children at baseline and 655 at the 1-year follow-up. Median age was 12.7 years; 281 (8%) had wheezed in the past year. At baseline we collected 3457 (89%) parental and 3546 (92%) child q
Health of farming communities prior to modification of the occupational environment through a watershed development project in Kolar, India (Publications)
5%) and frequent pesticide application in fields (26.7%). The prevalence of child underweight was 23.8%. Conclusions: VBDs, poor water quality and child undernutrition were found to be important local health
