potential”. The AVITHRAPID research consortium comprises 18 research institutions and companies from 8 countries, coordinated by the German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. AVITHRAPID started in January 2024 with
Increase in airway obstruction between 1993 and 2012 in Switzerland: an observational study (Publications)
Obstruction prevalence increased between 1993 and 2012 from 6.1% (95% CI: 5.5 to 6.7) to 15.6% (95% CI: 13.8 to 17.3) based on GLI, and from 5.3% (95% CI: 4.7 to 5.9) to 15.4% (95% CI: 13.6 to 17.1) based on Hankinson
Incidence trends of airflow obstruction among European adults without asthma: a 20-year cohort study (Publications)
(AOpost-BD), which is the primary characteristic of COPD. AO incidence was 4.4 (95% CI: 3.5-5.3) male and 3.8 (3.1-4.6) female cases/1,000/year. Among ever smokers (median pack-years: 20, males; 12, females), AO
Ultradian modulation of cortical arousals during sleep: effects of age and exposure to nighttime transportation noise (Publications)
incidence of EEG arousals. METHODS: Twenty-six young (19-33 years, 12 women) and 16 older (52-70 years, 8 women) healthy volunteers underwent a 6-day polysomnographic laboratory study. Participants spent two
Tick (<em>Amblyomma chabaudi</em>) infestation of endemic tortoises in southwest Madagascar and investigation of tick-borne pathogens (Publications)
tly between the two study sites. Tortoises inside the park had lower tick prevalence than outside (8 of 36 (22%) versus 32 of 42 individuals (76%)) and infected animals tended to have fewer ticks inside
Asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium</em> infection and glycemic control in adults: results from a population-based survey in south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
was 10.1% (5.5% microscopy; 9.7% RDT) without clinical fever. Prevalence of FG-based prediabetes (45.8%) and diabetes (3.6%) were considerably higher than HbA1c-based values (2.7% and 0.7%, respectively)
Hypertension control and retention in care among HIV-infected patients: the effects of co-located HIV and chronic noncommunicable disease care (Publications)
probability of BP 1 year improved by 7 percentage points (P < 0.001), adherence to HIV care improved by 6.8 percentage points (P < 0.001) and retention in HIV care with no gaps > 6 months increased by 10.5 percentage
Evaluation of malaria rapid diagnostic test performance and <em>pfhrp2</em> deletion in Tanzania school surveys, 2017 (Publications)
regions of Tanzania in 2017. According to PCR, the prevalence of P. falciparum was 19.2% (95% CI: 18.6-19.8). Using PCR as reference, the sensitivity and specificity of mRDT was 76.2% (95% CI: 74.7-77.7) and
New myxobacteria of the <em>Myxococcaceae</em> clade produce angiolams with antiparasitic activities (Publications)
promising antiparasitic activities against the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum in the 0.3-0.8 µM range.IMPORTANCEThe COVID-19 pandemic and continuously emerging antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have
A community based seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
d Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit (Euroimmun). Results: Overall, 477 (58.2%) were male and 343 (41.8%) were female. The majority of the participants (N = 581; 70.9%) were between 18 and 34 years old and
