Global and regional cardiovascular mortality attributable to nonoptimal temperatures over time (Publications)
for 8.20% (95% empirical CI: 6.74%-11.57%), whereas heat-related deaths accounted for 0.66% (95% empirical CI: 0.49%-0.98%). The mortality burden varied significantly across regions, with the highest excess
Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific <em>Mtb</em>-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases (Publications)
household contacts with an overall sensitivity of 72.1% [confidence interval (CI) 0.59-0.86] and specificity of 95.5% (CI 0.90-1.02) with a positive predictive value of 93.9% and negative predictive value
Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours (Publications)
into Myanmar (n = 3); and in India, 0%. Travellers to high-risk areas were more often male (62%), slightly older (median age 42.0), and planned longer trips (median 23.0 days) than other travellers. No p
Global and regional cardiovascular mortality attributable to nonoptimal temperatures over time (Publications)
for 8.20% (95% empirical CI: 6.74%-11.57%), whereas heat-related deaths accounted for 0.66% (95% empirical CI: 0.49%-0.98%). The mortality burden varied significantly across regions, with the highest excess
Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific <em>Mtb</em>-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases (Publications)
household contacts with an overall sensitivity of 72.1% [confidence interval (CI) 0.59-0.86] and specificity of 95.5% (CI 0.90-1.02) with a positive predictive value of 93.9% and negative predictive value
A social network analysis model approach to understand tuberculosis transmission in remote rural Madagascar (Publications)
variable degrees of interconnectivity, with transitivity (individual clustering) values of 0.16, 0.29, and 0.43. Active case finding and treatment yielded 67%-79% reduction in active TB disease prevalence
SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid plasma antigen for diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 (Publications)
samples. Median plasma antigen concentration (log10 fg/mL) was 5.4 (interquartile range 3.9-6.0) in outpatients, 6.0 (5.4-6.5) in inpatients, and 6.6 (6.1-7.2) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. In models [...] concentration was associated with disease severity. RESULTS: Plasma antigen had 91.9% (95% CI 83.2%-97.0%) clinical sensitivity and 94.2% (84.1%-98.8%) clinical specificity. Antigen-negative plasma samples
The association between real-life markers of phone use and cognitive performance, health-related quality of life and sleep (Publications)
, compatible with chance findings. We found a small but robust significant increase in stress 0.03 (0.00-0.06; on a 1-10 Likert-scale) in relation to a 10-min increase in mobile phone screen time. Sleep
Skin wounds in a rural setting of Côte d'Ivoire: population-based assessment of the burden and clinical epidemiology (Publications)
were surveyed. Overall wound prevalence derived from combined active and passive case finding was 13.0%. 74.1% (403/544) of patients were below the age of 15 years. Most frequent aetiologies were mechanical [...] 1%), burns (2.9%) and Buruli ulcer (2.2%). Most wounds were acute and smaller than 5 cm2 in size. 22.0% (176/799) of wounds showed evidence of secondary bacterial infection. 35.5% (22/62) of chronic wounds [...] prevalence was 2.3 per 1000 individuals and considerably higher than...
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and asthma symptom score in the CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
in adults from CONSTANCES, a French population-based cohort. METHODS: Asthma symptom score (range: 0-5) was based on the number of five self-reported symptoms of asthma in the last 12 months. Annual individual [...] model. RESULTS: Analyses were conducted on 135 165 participants (mean age: 47.2 years, 53.3% women, 19.0% smokers, 13.5% ever asthma). The ratio of mean score was 1.12 (95% CI 1.10 to 1.14), 1.14 (95% CI 1 [...] 1.12 to 1.16) and 1.12 (95% CI 1.10 to 1.14) per one IQR increase of...