Acute gastroenteritis in primary care: a longitudinal study in the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network, Sentinella (Publications)
patients received dietary recommendations and/or medical prescriptions; antibiotics were prescribed in 8.5%. Stool testing was initiated in 12.3% of cases; more frequently in patients reporting recent travel
Use of antibody tools to provide serologic evidence of elimination of <em>Lymphatic filariasis</em> in the Gambia (Publications)
Wb123 ranged in age from 3 to 100 years. Overall, Bm14 prevalence was also low (1.5%, 95% CI 0.7-2.8%). Bm14 positivity was significantly associated with older age (P < 0.001). The low levels of antibody
Development of a focused library of triazole-linked privileged-structure-based conjugates leading to the discovery of novel phenotypic hits against... (Publications)
y)propyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)propyl)-10H-ph enothiazine (12) showed respective IC50 values of 1.8 and 1.9 mug mL(-1) against T. cruzi, together with optimal selectivity. In particular, compound 7 showed
The role of community health workers and local leaders in reducing attrition among participant in the AIDS indicator survey and HIV incidence in a... (Publications)
were revisited and consented to participate at 12 months of follow up. The overall attrition rate was 8.0%. A majority of those lost (54.3%) were less than 25 years of age, male (55.1%), not living in union
Occupational exposures and 20-year incidence of COPD: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
those exposed to gases and fumes (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.2) and pesticides (RR 2.2, 95% CI 1.1 to 3.8). The combined population attributable fraction for these exposures was 21.0%. INTERPRETATION: These
Treatments for subacute cough in primary care: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised clinical trials (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Subacute cough following a non-specific viral infection lasting 3-8 weeks is common. However, despite many treatment options there are no systematic reviews evaluating these. AIM: To provide
Development and evaluation of a multiplex quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for hookworm species in human stool (Publications)
northern Cambodia. The prevalence of hookworms as detected by the multiplex hookworm qPCR of 84/192 (43.8%) was significantly higher than that using microscopy of 49/192 (25.5%). The hookworm multiplex qPCR
Dealing with crosstalk in electromagnetic field measurements of portable devices (Publications)
average exposure reduction of 38%. GSM 1800 downlink and UMTS uplink were less often corrected (6.9% and 8.9%), resulting in minor reductions in exposure (7.1% and 0.92%). The contribution of DECT to total RF-EMF
Detection of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infected <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> using near‑infrared spectroscopy (Publications)
membrane feeding assay (SMFA) and afterwards maintained in insectary conditions to allow for oocyst (8 days) and sporozoite development (14 days). Thereupon, each mosquito was scanned using near infra-red
Immuno-gold silver staining assays on capillary-driven microfluidics for the detection of malaria antigens (Publications)
action in recessed "bead lanes", which cross the main flow path of chips microfabricated in Si and SU-8. The binding of analytes to detection antibodies (dAbs) and secondary antibodies (2(nd)Abs) conjugated
