Development of a bead-based Luminex assay using lipopolysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies to detect biological threats from <em>Brucella... (Publications)
assay recognised all tested Brucella species with 'smooth' LPS with detection limits of 2 x 10(2) to 8 x 10(4) cells per mL, depending on the species tested. Milk samples spiked with Brucella spp. cells
Efficacy and safety of two closely spaced doses of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S. mansoni</em> and re-infection... (Publications)
reduction rates (ERRs) (92.1-100%). Regarding S. mansoni, only moderate CRs and ERRs were found (51.7-58.8% in Diambala, 55.2-60.2% in Namarigoungou). Twelve months post-treatment, prevalence rates approached
Population-based study on incidence, survival rates, and genetic alterations of low-grade diffuse astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas (Publications)
89 for oligoastrocytomas, and 2.45 for oligodendrogliomas. The survival rate (mean follow-up 7.5+/-4.8 years) was highest for patients with oligodendroglioma (78% at 5 years, 51% at 10 years), followed by
Deltamethrin-impregnated bednets reduce human landing rates of sandfly vector <em>Lutzomyia longipalpis</em> in Amazon households (Publications)
questionnaires established that only 34% of households owned at least one net (median two, range 1-8), only 20% of the population slept under a net (33% of 0-5-year-old children), and the majority (73%)
Contacts between poultry farms, their spatial dimension and their relevance for avian influenza preparedness (Publications)
poultry farms in Switzerland, 95% had less than 500 birds. The farm number resulted in densities of up to 8 poultry farms per km(2) and a median number of 47 neighbour farms within a 3 km radius around the farms
Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
y greater in Group B compared with Group A {mean difference -3.9 [95% confidence interval (CI), -6.8 to -1] mL/min/1.73 m(2), P = 0.009} and similar between Groups C and B [mean difference 1.3 (95% CI
Measurement of offline exhaled nitric oxide in a study of community exposure to air pollution (Publications)
(95% CI, 1.02-7.4) for the indoor monitor, 4.5 ppb (95% CI, 1.02-7.9) with the personal monitor, and 3.8 ppb (95% CI, 1.2-6.4) for the central monitors. The interaction term for medication category (ICS users
Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets improve malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in southern Tanzania (Publications)
had a PE of 12% (CI 2-21) against mild anaemia and a PE of 38% (CI 4-60) against severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dl). There was a trend in the prevalence of severe, mild and no anaemia, and of high density, low
Prévalences et polyparasitisme des protozoaires intestinaux et répartition spatiale d'<em>Entamoeba histolytica</em>/<em>Entamoeba dispar</em> et... (Publications)
acetate-acetic acid-formalin (SAF). The most common protozoa species in this area were Endolimax nanus (83.8%) and E. coli (74.7%). The regional prevalence of G. intestinalis was 17.5% and of E. histolytica/E
Intermittent treatment for malaria and anaemia control at time of routine vaccinations in Tanzania infants: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (Publications)
severe anaemia was 0.06 in the sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine group versus 0.11 in the placebo group (50% [8-73]). Serological responses to EPI vaccines were not affected by the intervention. INTERPRETATION: This
