Data-driven adult asthma phenotypes based on clinical characteristics are associated with asthma outcomes twenty years later (Publications)
asthma phenotype, ORs (95%CI) for asthma exacerbations varied from 0.9 (0.4 to 2.0) to 4.0 (2.0 to 7.8) and the regression estimates (95%CI) for FEV1% predicted varied from 0.6 (-3.5 to 4.6) to -9.9 (-14
Pharmacokinetics of albendazole, albendazole sulfoxide and albendazole sulfone determined from plasma, blood, dried blood spots and Mitra® samples of... (Publications)
four matrices. The metabolites reached Cmax after approximately 4 h with a t1/2 of approximately 7-8 h. A statistically significant difference in albendazole sulfone's t1/2 as determined by DBS and wet
Subspecies typing of <em>Streptococcus agalactiae</em> based on ribosomal subunit protein mass variation by MADLI-TOF MS (Publications)
Validation of our approach by in-house MALDI-TOF MS analysis of 248 GBS isolates and external analysis of 8 GBS isolates showed that across different laboratories and MALDI-TOF MS platforms, the 28 rsp were detected
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
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
Privacy preserving-probabilistic record linkage to assess cancer outcomes in people living with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
(IQR 27.4-41.3). Of the patients in the cohort, 26,348 were diagnosed with at least one cancer and 8,329 of these cancers were diagnosed before or on the date of the patient’s first HIV-related record;
