Baseline liver ultrasound findings in preschool children from the praziquantel in preschoolers trial in Lake Albert, Uganda (Publications)
had Image Pattern C with pipe stems and echogenic rings suggestive of periportal fibrosis, 29/347 (8%) had Image Pattern B and 58 (17%) had evidence of periportal thickening There were higher adjusted
Association of accelerometry-based and self-reported physical activity with cardiovascular risk in South African children (Publications)
from underserved communities in South Africa. We analysed cross-sectional data from 594 children aged 8 to 13. Physical activity was measured via accelerometry and the Physical Activity Questionnaire for
Impact of long-term exposure to ambient ozone on lung function over a course of 20 years (The ECRHS study): a prospective cohort study in adults (Publications)
approximately 35, 44, and 55 years of age. We assigned annual mean values of daily maximum running 8-h average ozone concentrations to individual residential addresses. Adjustments were made for PM(2.5)
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests reliably detect asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in school-aged children that are infectious to... (Publications)
feeding assays (DMFAs) after serum replacement. Mosquitoes were dissected for oocyst infections on day 8 post-infection. RESULTS: The P. falciparum prevalence in study participants was 31.7% by qPCR, 18.2%
Seroprevalence trends of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated risk factors: a population-based study (Publications)
3.7% (95% CI 2.1-4.9) in period 1, 16.2% (95% CI 14.4-17.5) in period 2, and 72.0% (95% CI 70.3-73.8) in period 3, with regional variations. In period 1, younger age (20-64) was the only factor associated
Health system support among patients with ME/CFS in Switzerland (Publications)
September of 2021, among 169 patients with ME/CFS in Switzerland. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 38.8 years. Only one-third of ME/CFS affected children and youth were correctly diagnosed before their 18th
The association between apparent temperature and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Limpopo province, South Africa (Publications)
for two to four days, whereas the lag-structure for the cold effect was inconsistent. A proportion of 8.5% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 3.1%, 13.7%) and 1.1% (95% CI: -1.4%, 3.5%) of the total CVD admissions
Pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral therapy-naive adults in Eastern Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
(95% CI: 7.9%-12.0%, I2 = 88.9%) and 9.4% (95% CI: 7.0%-11.9%, I2 = 90.4%) for NNRTIs, 2.6% (95% CI: 1.8%-3.4%, I2 = 69.2%) for NRTIs and 0.7% (95% CI: 0.3%-1.2%, I2 = 29.0%) for PIs. No major integrase strand
Pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of praziquantel in adults infected with <em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> in Western Siberia, Russian Federation (Publications)
triple-dose scheme was used; area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24) values of 8.04, 27.75, and 36.38 mug/mL.h were obtained, respectively. Maximal plasma concentrations (Cmax) values
Prevalence and force of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> blood-stage infection and associated clinical malaria burden in the Brazilian Amazon (Publications)
preceding two visits and adjusting these counts by the respective times-at-risk. FINDINGS: Respectively, 77.8% and 97.2% of the population remained free of P. vivax and P. falciparum infection. Expected heterozygosity
