The burden of leprosy in Cameroon: fifteen years into the post-elimination era (Publications)
health districts were still to do so by 2014. The number of high-leprosy-burden regions decreased from 8 in 2000 to 1 in 2014. Seven and two regions were respectively medium and low-burdened at the end of
Anti-trypanosomatid elemanolide sesquiterpene lactones from<em> Vernonia lasiopus </em>O. Hoffm (Publications)
ne extract led to the isolation and identification of six elemanolide type sesquiterpene lactones: 8-desacylvernolide, vernolepin, vernomenin, vernodalol, vernodalin and 11,13-dihydrovernodalin. All these
Asthma and the menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
stratified by intake of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).RESULTS: Of 76 potentially relevant articles, 8 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review, and 6 in the meta-analysis. There
Joint effect of obesity and TNFA variability on asthma: two international cohort studies (Publications)
among nonatopics (OR for G/A and A/A genotypes 6.1, 95% CI 2.5-14.4; OR for G/G genotype 1.7, 95% CI 0.8-3.3). The present findings provide, for the first time, evidence for a complex pattern of interaction
Associations between selective attention and soil-transmitted helminth infections, socioeconomic status, and physical fitness in disadvantaged... (Publications)
academic achievement in school-aged children. METHODOLOGY: The study cohort included 835 children, aged 8-12 years, from eight primary schools in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods of Port Elizabeth
Identification of a new locus at 16q12 associated with time-to-asthma onset (Publications)
RESULTS: We detected 5 regions associated with TAO at the genome-wide significant level (P < 5 x 10-8). We evidenced a new locus in the 16q12 region (near cylindromatosis turban tumor syndrome gene [CYLD])
Longitudinal validity of spirometers: a challenge in longitudinal studies (Publications)
(2003) of the same devices revealed a maximal variation of up to 2.6% for FVC, 2.4% for FEV1 and 2.8% for FEF50 across devices with no indication of systematic differences between spirometers. Results
Gender differences in prevalence, diagnosis and incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthma: a population-based cohort (Publications)
investigated in 9091 men and women randomly selected from the general population and followed up after 8-10 years as part of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. The protocol included assessment
Development of land use regression models for PM2.5, PM2.5 absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in 20 European study areas; results of the ESCAPE project (Publications)
of predictor variables, especially traffic intensity. Cross validation R2 results were on average 8-11% lower than model R2. Careful selection of monitoring sites, examination of influential observations
Efficacy of moxidectin versus ivermectin against <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infections: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial (Publications)
conducted an exploratory, randomized, single-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of moxidectin (8 mg) versus ivermectin (200 mug/kg) against S. stercoralis infections. Cure rate (CR) against S.stercoralis
