Health worker compliance with a 'test and treat' malaria case management protocol in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
prescribed an antimalarial. Overall compliance with a strictly defined test and treat protocol was 62.8%. A reluctance to test current/recently febrile patients for malaria infection by RDT or microscopy
How important is the angle of tilt in the WHO cone bioassay? (Publications)
RESULTS: Mosquitoes spent more time on the net at 60 degrees as compared to 0 degrees (coefficient = 45.8, 95 % CI 34.6-55.6, p < 0.001) and were more likely to die when the test was done at 45 degrees (OR
Patient-related risk factors leading to aseptic stem loosening in total hip arthroplasty: a case-control study of 5,035 patients (Publications)
radiographic loosening than men (odds ratio (OR) 0.64). Age was also a strong factor: risk decreased by 1.8% for each additional year of age at the time of surgery. Height and weight were not associated with
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya (Publications)
and serology (k = 0.025; p = 0.2797). The prevalence of taeniosis was estimated as 2.5% (95% CI 0.8-5.6%) by microscopy. A backwards elimination logistic regression analysis indicated that the grazing
Discrepancy in plasma melarsoprol concentrations between HPLC and bioassay methods in patients with <em>T. gambiense</em> sleeping sickness indicates... (Publications)
activity, concentrations of melarsoprol were assessed in plasma, urine and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 8 patients with late-stage Trypanosoma gambiense sleeping sickness. The aim was to unravel to what extent
Acute effects of ambient ozone on respiratory function of Swiss schoolchildren after a 10-minute heavy exercise (Publications)
history. A total of 500 acceptable pairs of spirograms and corresponding ozone concentrations (average 3.8 per child) were available for analysis. Regressions of each individual's pre-post differences of FVC
Carotid artery intima-media thickness in college students: race/ethnicity matters (Publications)
was also strongly associated with CIMT. African Americans had 17.3mum greater CIMT (95%CI -0.3, 34.8) compared to non Hispanic Whites, whereas Asians and Hispanic Whites had 14.3 (95%CI -24.3, -4.4) and
Impact of vaccines given during pregnancy on the offspring of women consulting a travel clinic: a longitudinal study (Publications)
of the cases), followed by di-Te (34%), IM poliomyelitis (23%), yellow fever (12%), A-C meningitis (8%), IM typhoid (4%), and oral poliomyelitis (4%). Children were followed for a range of 1 to 10 years
An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages (Publications)
on more than 18,000 young adults (20-44 years) were analysed. RESULTS: The overall prevalence was 11.8% (95% CI 11.3 to 12.3) for stage 0, 2.5% (95% CI 2.2 to 2.7) for stage I, and 1.1% (95% CI 1.0 to 1
Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
TP, or HF. In subjects with self-reported cardiovascular problems, SDNN decreased by 4% (95% CI, -8 to -1) per 10-microg/m3 increase in NO2. CONCLUSIONS: There is some evidence that long-term exposure
