Prenatal animal contact and gene expression of innate immunity receptors at birth are associated with atopic dermatitis (Publications)
during pregnancy compared with children with mothers without contact (adjusted odds ratio, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.19-0.97). Elevated expression of TLR5 and TLR9 in cord blood was associated with decreased doctor
Effectiveness of artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>P. falciparum</em> malaria in young... (Publications)
effectiveness analysis. Clinical treatment failure rates at 7, 28 and 42 days were 0.2%, 2.2% and 12.0% for Pv and 0.3%, 1.2% and 3.6% for Pf. A single malaria-unrelated death occurred within 42 days following
Lung function decline, chronic bronchitis, and occupational exposures in young adults (Publications)
women, + 1.4 and -3.1 ml/yr, respectively; p > 0.2), nor an increase of prevalence or incidence of airway obstruction defined as an FEV1/FVC ratio of less than 0.7. The incidence of chronic phlegm increased [...] exposed to mineral dust (relative risk, 1.94 [1.29-2.91]) and gases and fumes (relative risk, 1.53 [0.99-2.36]), which was not modified by smoking. CONCLUSION: Occupational exposures to dusts, gases, and
Increased food diversity in the first year of life is inversely associated with allergic diseases (Publications)
with a dose-response effect (adjusted odds ratio with each additional food item introduced, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.61-0.89]). A similar effect was observed for food allergy and food sensitization. Furthermore,
The association between exposure determined by radiofrequency personal exposimeters and human exposure: a simulation study (Publications)
body present) was 0.76, and for UMTS 0.87; for FM no underestimation was found, the ratio was 1. In the case of WLAN the degree of underestimation was more pronounced, the ratio was 0.64. This study clearly
Home-based and facility-based directly observed therapy of tuberculosis treatment under programmatic conditions in urban Tanzania (Publications)
treatment (RR 1.14, 95% CI: 1.06-1.23), but less likely to have a successful treatment outcome (RR 0.94, 95% CI: 0.92-0.97). Home-based DOT was preferred by women (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] 1.55, 95% CI: 1.34-1
School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene... (Publications)
schools related to the control schools (odds ratio [OR] of the intervention effect = 0.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.1-0.5). Indices of undernutrition did not decrease at end line in intervention schools
Association between gastrointestinal tract infections and glycated hemoglobin in school children of poor neighborhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Publications)
positive association with HbA1c in a multivariable regression analysis (beta = 0.040, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.006-0.073, p
Analysis of clinical drug-drug interaction data to predict uncharacterized interaction magnitudes between antiretroviral drugs and co-medications (Publications)
quantified meaning 53%, 85% and 98% of the predictions were within 1.25-fold (0.80 - 1.25), 1.5-fold (0.66 - 1.48) and 2-fold (0.66 - 1.94) of the observed clinical data. In addition, the method identifies
How urban characteristics affect vulnerability to heat and cold: a multi-country analysis (Publications)
each indicator across cities. RESULTS: Heat- and cold-related deaths amounted to 0.54% (95% confidence interval: 0.49 to 0.58%) and 6.05% (5.59 to 6.36%) of total deaths, respectively. Several city indicators
