Gastroduodenitis and peptic ulcer in a rural Liberian community. An endoscopic prospective study (Publications)
in the duodenal bulb. The incidence of symptomatic peptic ulcer disease estimated from the data was 0.15 per 1000 population per year. Histology revealed superficial gastritis in 34, atrophic gastritis [...] observed between patients and controls were statistically significant for the stomach (p less than 0.01) but not for the duodenum. No correlation was found between the presence of histological gastritis
Synthesis and in vitro antiprotozoal activities of water-soluble, inexpensive phenothiazinium chlorides (Publications)
inyl)phenothiazinium chloride showed IC50 of 0 097 mu mol L-1 against T cruzi and 3 7-bis(benzyl(methyl)amino)phenothiazinium chloride exhibited IC50 of 0 081 mu mol L-1 against L donovani although the
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment for Tanzanian infants: follow-up to age 2 years of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (Publications)
at risk, starting 1 month after final dose of intermittent treatment) was 0.28 in the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine group and 0.43 in the placebo group (protective effect 36%, 95% CI 11-53). Intermittent
Electrophysiological markers and predictors of the disease course in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (Publications)
somatosensory and motor EPs and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) assessments at baseline (T0) and at six-month intervals over three years. Spearman rank correlation was used to determine the r [...] analysis. RESULTS: s-EP-Q correlated with EDSS score at all points in time in cross-sectional comparison (0.53
Time of exposure and assessment influence the mortality induced by insecticides against metabolic resistant mosquitoes (Publications)
significantly lower M24 than those performed in the day for DM: odds ratio (OR) 0.14 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.06-0.30, p
Impact of a teen club model on HIV outcomes among adolescents in rural Neno district, Malawi: a retrospective cohort study (Publications)
y of VL suppression. The age at antiretroviral treatment initiation below 15 years (aHR=0.37; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.82) reduced the risk of attrition from HIV care, while underweight status (aHR=3.18; 95% CI:
Cause of death estimation from verbal autopsies: is the open response redundant or synergistic? (Publications)
The experimental layout compares existing Computer Coding Verbal Autopsy methods such as Tariff 2.0 with other approaches well suited to the processing of structured inputs as is the case of the CQs. [...] the CQs and the OR. Empirical results corroborated that the CoD prediction capability of the Tariff 2.0 algorithm is outperformed by our method taking into account the valuable information conveyed by the [...] ility of the results attained with a version implemented in R to make the...
A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial (Publications)
Intervention increased parent activities that support child development, effect size 0.34 SD (95% confidence interval 0.03-0.53), and use of praise, odds 2 times higher with intervention. There were no benefits
Short interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes in women of advanced age: a population-based study (Publications)
extremely preterm birth (0-5 months IPI: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07-5.52; 6-11 months IPI: AOR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.09-4.31), very preterm birth (0-5 months IPI: AOR = [...] = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.04-2.56), and extremely low birth weight (0-5 months IPI: AOR = 2.43, 95% CI = 1.28-4.60) in the second delivery. An inverse relationship between short IPI and post-term birth was observed
Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental... (Publications)
adult mortality. New facilities reduced the risk of post-neonatal infant mortality by 46% (HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.94, p
