Schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and sociodemographic factors influence quality of life of adults in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
1-24 points), respectively, on a scale from 0 (worst QoL) to 100 points (best QoL). The only other statistically significant effect was a 1-point (95% CI: 0.1-2 points) increase on the QoL scale per one [...] hookworm, Plasmodium spp., Trichuris trichiura, Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni were 39.0%, 18.2%, 2.7%, 2.1% and 2.1%, respectively. S. mansoni and T. trichiura infections of any intensity
Malaria and its possible control on the island of Príncipe (Publications)
curves and thus obtained estimates of the vectorial capacity and of the basic reproductive number (R0) for malaria. METHODS: A cross-sectional malariological survey was carried out, in mid-1999, in six [...] model of the Garki project to the age-prevalence curve we estimate that the basic reproductive number, R0, on the island is approximately 1.6. Over a period of one year, a total of 1,792 P. falciparum cases [...] malaria eradication strategies, this would avoid the risk of malaria epidemics...
Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica (Publications)
9%), and anxiety or depression (80.9%). The overall DW was 0.447, and age-specific DWs ranged from 0.378 among individuals aged 30-44 years to 0.510 among the elderly aged > /=60 years. DWs are positively
Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults (Publications)
borderline significance for PM2.5 (P = 0.08). Annual CIMT progression among those living within 100 m of a highway was accelerated (5.5 micrometers/yr [95%CI: 0.13-10.79; p = 0.04]) or more than twice the population
Tribendimidine and albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths, <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and <em>Taenia</em> spp.: open-label... (Publications)
reduced from 19.3% to 8.8% (observed cure rate 54.5%, p = 0.107), and that of Taenia spp. from 26.3% to 8.8% (observed cure rate 66.7%, p = 0.014). Similar prevalence reductions were noted among the 66 [...] the drug-specific net Taenia spp. cure rates was highly significant in favor of tribendimidine (p = 0.001). No significant adverse events of either drug were observed. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results
Bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock-human interface in Hamer Woreda, South Omo, southern Ethiopia (Publications)
and bacteriological (culture of lymph nodes) techniques. Individual BTB prevalence in cattle was 0.8% (CI: 0.3%-2%) with the > 4 mm cut-off and 3.4% (CI: 2.1%-5.4%) with the > 2 mm cut-off. Herd prevalence [...] mycobacteria (NTM). The prevalence of M. avium-complex (MAC) was 4.2% in wildlife, 2.5% in cattle and 0.5% in goats. In conclusion, individual BTB prevalence was low, but herd prevalence high in cattle and
Effects of hygiene and defecation behavior on helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in Taabo, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
mansoni, and A. lumbricoides of 33.5%, 7.0%, 1.6%, 1.3% and 0.8%, respectively. Giardia intestinalis and Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar were detected in 15.0% and 14.4% of the participants, respectively
Rule-based models of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in childhood allergy (Publications)
genotype combinations gave odds ratios for current asthma of 2.1 (95% CI 1.2-3.6) and 3.2 (95% CI 2.0-5.0) in the BAMSE and PARSIFAL children, respectively. Several combinations of environmental factors appeared [...] baby formula and antibiotics early in life was associated with an odds ratio of 7.4 (95% CI 4.5-12.0) of developing asthma. Furthermore, genetic variants together with environmental factors seemed to play
Health worker factors associated with prescribing of artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania (Publications)
confidence interval (CI) 1.2-7.1; p = 0.019). Clinical officers (aOR 2.2; 95% CI 1.1-4.5; p = 0.037), and nurse aide or lower cadre (aOR 3.1; 95% CI 1.3-7.1; p = 0.009) were more likely to correctly prescribe
A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs: evidence from Zambia (Publications)
reduction in confirmed case incidence overall (incidence rate ratio (IRR): 0 · 73, 95% Bayesian Credible Interval (BCI): 0 · 65-0 · 81), and a 41% reduction in areas of lower malaria burden. CONCLUSIONS:
