Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Niger: cost effectiveness of school based and community distributed mass drug administration (Publications)
Differences at sub-district are more marked. This is partly explained by the fact that a CDD treats 5.8 people for every one treated in school. The range in cost effectiveness for both direct and direct and
Epidemiology and clinical features of vivax malaria imported to Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop (Publications)
complications were rare. Hospitalization was provided for 60% and primaquine treatment administered to 83.8% of the patients, but frequencies varied strongly among reporting countries. CONCLUSIONS: TropNetEurop
Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Plasmodium spp., Schistosoma mansoni, hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides infections was 85.3%, 71.2%, 53.8%, 13.5% and 1.3%, respectively. Children with single, dual, triple, quadruple and quintuple species
Motivational brief intervention for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in travelers: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
relations. Women (adjusted OR 2.7 [95%CI 1.4-5.6]) and travelers with a history of past STI (adjusted OR 2.8 [95%CI 1.1-7.4]) had more frequent casual sexual relationships without consistent protection. Regarding
Helminth and intestinal protozoa infections, multiparasitism and risk factors in Champasack Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
parasites concurrently. Regarding nematode infections, hookworm was the most prevalent species (76.8%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (31.7%) and Trichuris trichiura (25.0%). Regarding trematodes,
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
latter task was very time-consuming and required special expertise. RUMA is inexpensive, costing around 8,500-13,000 USD for a six to ten-week period. CONCLUSION: RUMA was successfully implemented in four urban
Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Publications)
previously been identified by CORPs. Agricultural habitats were detected less often than other habitats (30.8 % detected, Odds Ratio [95%CI] = 0.46 [0.29-0.73], P = 0.001). Non-agricultural artificial habitats
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: global distribution and risk factors (Publications)
HIV-infection/alcoholism and S. stercoralis infection (OR: 2.17 BCI: 1.18-4.01; OR: 6.69; BCI: 1.47-33.8), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show high infection prevalence rates in the general population
Intestinal parasitic infections in HIV-infected patients, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
cell count: 41/mm3). Diarrhea was present in 43.0% of patients. Parasite infection was found in 78.8% of patients, infection with at least two species in 49.6%. Prevalence rates of protozoan and helminth
How effective is integrated vector management against malaria and lymphatic filariasis where the diseases are transmitted by the same vector? (Publications)
diseases. When LF was maintained near the critical density of mosquitoes, minor levels of vector control (8% coverage of LLINs or treatment of 20% of larval sites) were sufficient to eliminate the disease. Malaria
