Durability of Olyset campaign nets distributed between 2009 and 2011 in eight districts of Tanzania (Publications)
aimed to assess the durability of Olyset((R)) LLINs distributed during campaigns between 2009 and 2011 in Tanzania. METHODS: A retrospective field survey was conducted in eight districts in Tanzania mainland [...] Organization (WHO) methods. RESULTS: Of 6067 campaign nets reported to have been received between 2009 and 2011, 35 % (2145 nets) were no longer present. Most of those nets had been discarded (84 %) mainly because
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
cART within the Kilombero Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO) in Ifakara, Tanzania from 2007-2011. This analysis included data of 3068 patients over a 5-year period. Of these subjects, 1997 (66.9%) [...] ns containing stavudine in initial regimens (Table 1) fell from a peak of 75% in 2008 to 12.2% in 2011 (p for trend
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
combinations in each year, including 2011 (674 [36.5%] and 641 [34.7%] patients, respectively). Of those receiving stavudine in 2011, 659 (89.1%) initiated it before 2011. CONCLUSIONS: Initial cART with stavudine [...] regimens fell from a maximum of 75.3% in 2008 to 10.7% in 2011. TDF/FTC/EFV became available in 2009 and was used in 41.9% of patients initiating cART in 2011. An overall on-treatment analysis revealed that d [...] therapy within the Kilombero Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort...
Factors associated with cessation of smoking among Swiss adults between 1991 and 2011: results from the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Smoking is still the most preventable cause of disease and premature death in Switzerland, as elsewhere. We aimed to assess the main determinants of smoking cessation in the population-b
Import of community-associated, methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> to Europe through skin and soft tissue infection in... (Publications)
detected by the European Network for the Surveillance of imported S. aureus (www. staphtrav.eu) from May 2011- November 2016. METHODS: Sentinel surveillance at thirteen travel-clinics enrolling patients with
