Tracking official development assistance for reproductive health in conflict-affected countries (Publications)
to 18 conflict-affected countries was analysed for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. An average of US $20.8 billion in total ODA was disbursed annually to the 18 conflict-affected countries between 2003 and 2006
High colonization rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing <em>Escherichia coli</em> in Swiss travellers to South Asia- a... (Publications)
a coli overall was 69.4% (95% CI 62.1-75.9%), being highest in travellers returning from India (86.8%; 95% CI 78.5-95.0%) and lowest in travellers returning from Sri Lanka (34.7%; 95% CI 22.9-48.7%).
Blood-stage parasitaemia and age determine <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> gametocytaemia in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
ositive and 51% of P. vivax-positive samples. Each 10-fold increase in parasite density led to a 1.8-fold and 3.3-fold increase in the odds of carrying P. falciparum and P. vivax gametocytes. Thus the
What do district health managers in Ghana use their working time for? A case study of three districts (Publications)
their working time for data management (16.6%), attending workshops (12.3%), financial management (8.7%), training of staff (7.1%), drug and supply management (5.0%), and travelling (9.6%). The study found
Epidemiology of malaria in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
difference (p < 0.05). Males showed a higher Plasmodium infection prevalence than females (49.6 and 62.8 % versus 42.6 and 51.2 %; respectively, in 2010 and 2011; both p < 0.05). The highest malaria prevalence
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the urinary bladder in a cow associated with bovine papillomavirus type-2 (Publications)
performed on blood mononuclear cells revealed down-regulation of a panel of markers including CD3, CD4, CD8alpha, CD45, MHC class I and MHC class II (HLA-DRalpha, HLA-DQ, HLA-DP). This report extends the spectrum
Interaction between exposure to dairy farms and polymorphisms in the TLR2 gene determines susceptibility to asthma in European children' (Publications)
susceptibility to asthma and allergies in children of farmers. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004;113:482-8.)
Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
(GIS). RESULTS: Three urban wards of Dar es Salaam were comprehensively mapped, covering an area of 16.8 sq km. Over thirty percent of this area were not included in preliminary community-based sketch mapping
Urban agriculture and <em>Anopheles</em> habitats in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
regression with independent random effects. It was found that more than 5% of the study area (total size 16.8 km2) was used for farming in backyard gardens and larger open spaces. The proportion of habitats containing
Low prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Somali pastoral livestock, southeast Ethiopia (Publications)
model for each species. The individual animal prevalence was 2.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.5-8.4], 0.4% (95% CI, 0.1-3%), and 0.2% (95% CI, 0.03-1.3) in cattle, camels, and goats, respectively.
