Long-term effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: an international cohort study, ECRHS (Publications)
ECRHS I-II (51.5% female, mean (SD) age of 34 (7) years) and 4976 in ECRHS II-III (51.3% female, 42 (8) years). 9% of participants became obese in ECRHS I-II and 15% in ECRHS II-III. The risk of developing
Effectiveness of four different interventions against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in a seasonal transmission setting of Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster... (Publications)
statistically significantly different from the standard strategy (both ORs 0.4, 95% CI = 0.1 to ~1.8). New cases of infection were still observed in all arms at study end. CONCLUSIONS: Biannual MDA was
Population pharmacokinetics of antimalarial naphthoquine in combination with artemisinin in Tanzanian children and adults: dose optimization (Publications)
respectively. Twenty-nine patients received single doses of 20 mg/kg of body weight for artemisinin and 8 mg/kg for naphthoquine, and plasma drug concentrations were assessed at 13 time points over 42 days
Malnutrition, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and parasitic infections among schoolchildren in rural Tanzania (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum infection (aOR: 3.95, 95% CI: 2.73-5.67). Vitamin A (34.70%) and vitamin B12 (8.80%) were the most prevalent micronutrients found to be deficient in diagnosed children. Finally, we
Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental... (Publications)
mortality. RESULTS: Average distance to the nearest healthcare facility declined from 5.5 km before to 2.8 km after opening of four new healthcare facilities in targeted villages. No improvement was observed
Severity of respiratory failure and computed chest tomography in acute COVID-19 correlates with pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms after... (Publications)
stratified according to severity of acute COVID-19. RESULTS: Median age of all patients was 57 years, 37.8% were female. Higher age, male sex and higher BMI were associated with acute-COVID-19 severity (p <
Clinical diversity and treatment results in tegumentary leishmaniasis: a European clinical report in 459 patients (Publications)
s or L. guyanensis complex typically had an ulcer of the lower limbs with mucosal involvement in 5.8% of cases. Typically, infections with L. major and L. tropica acquired in Africa or the Middle East
Prevalence of stunting and relationship between stunting and associated risk factors with academic achievement and cognitive function: a... (Publications)
(with school class as a random intercept). Nine percent of the children were stunted (95% CI: 7.6–10.8%). Low dietary diversity (β = 0.13, p = 0.004), food insecurity (β = −0.12, p = 0.034), and stunting
Analytical and clinical assessment of a portable, isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay for the molecular diagnosis of... (Publications)
respectively. Positive and negative predictive values were 100% (+/-97.5-100) and 50% (+/-27.2-72.8), respectively. The RT-ShDra1-RPA therefore shows promise as a rapid and highly sensitive diagnostic
Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: application of a... (Publications)
level, the questionnaire showed the highest sensitivity at (70.0%) followed by urine filtration (53.8%) and microhematuria (52.2%). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The high sensitivity and specificity of a simple
