Safety and immunogenicity profile of an experimental hepatitis B vaccine adjuvanted with AS04 (Publications)
total of 1303 subjects were enrolled to receive either two doses of HB-AS04 (0, 6 months) or three doses of the comparator vaccine (0, 1, 6 months). Two doses of HB-AS04 elicited seroprotection rates close
Regional differences and trends in breast cancer surgical procedures and their relation to socioeconomic disparities and screening patterns (Publications)
gynaecologists: 1.06). Regions in the French-speaking part (RR: 0.72) and/or with mammographyscreening programmes showed significantly lower rates (RR: 0.87). No difference was found for patients in different [...] in rates were present. Rates were significantly influenced by age [relative rate ratio (RR) 50–69: 0.92, RR 70+:1.25], differences in co-morbidity (RR one co-morbidity: 1.17, RR more than one: 1.35), higher
Associations of various nighttime noise exposure indicators with objective sleep efficiency and self-reported sleep quality: a field study (Publications)
last hour prior to wake-up was most crucial, with an increase in the sleepiness score of 0.31 units (95% CI: 0.08 to 0.54) per 10 dB(A) Leq,1h. Associations for estimated indoor noise were not more pronounced
Interventional cardiac catheterization predictors at Al-Arabi Heart Center in Palestine in 2017 (Publications)
Multivariate logistic regression showed Troponin (RR = 4.5), Age (RR = 1.0), Female gender (RR = 0.4) previous catheterization (RR = 2.0), and existence of diabetes as significant predictors for revascularization
Efficacy of the spatial repellent product Mosquito Shield™ against wild pyrethroid-resistant <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
volunteer, hut and day. RESULTS: Landing inhibition was estimated to be 70% (57-78%) [IRR 0.30 (95% CI 0.22-0.43); p
Effect modification of greenness on the association between heat and mortality: a multi-city multi-country study (Publications)
increase of greenspace in all cities was predicted to reduce all-cause heat-related mortality by 0·48 (95% CI: 0·24, 0·63), decreasing approximately 50 excess deaths per year. 20% increase of greenspace would
Estimating intervention effectiveness in trials of malaria interventions with contamination (Publications)
to be 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
Exposure to <em>Leptospira </em>spp. and associated risk factors in the human, cattle and dog populations in Bhutan (Publications)
dogs (47.6%). "Having had a fever recently" (OR 5.2, p = 0.004), "working for the military" (OR 26.6, p = 0.028) and "being unemployed" (OR 12.9, p = 0.041) (reference category = housemaker) were statistically
Trends in extrapulmonary TB cases at three teaching hospitals in Ghana, 2008-2017 (Publications)
(242/526, 46%). To note, disseminated/miliary TB (chi(2) = 33.53, P < 0.0001) increased, whereas TB meningitis (chi(2) = 19.43, P < 0.0001) decreased over the 10-year period. Mortality among EPTB patients [...] EPTB, including 4477/4607 (97%) new cases. There were 2,679/4607 (58%) males and the age range was 0.3 to 96 years. Pleural TB (1021/4607, 22%) was the most common. Treatment success rates for EPTB and
Pyridine-4(1<em>H</em>)-one alkaloids from <em>Waltheria indica</em> as antitrypanosomatid agents (Publications)
and Q showed potent growth inhibition toward Trypanosoma cruzi with IC50 values of 2.1, 0.8, 2.1, 1.3, 0.5, and 0.1 muM, respectively, and selectivity indices of > 12, > 33, > 13, 5, 25, and 14. These findings
