Cellular telephone use and time trends in brain tumour mortality in Switzerland from 1969 to 2002 (Publications)
change in brain tumour mortality rate for the 45-59-year age group was -0.3% (95% confidence interval: -1.7; 1.1) for men and -0.4% (95% confidence interval:-2.2; 1.3) for women. We conclude that after
Efficacy and pharmacokinetics of OZ78 and MT04 against a natural infection with <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> in sheep (Publications)
displayed an accuracy between 92 and 101% and a precision up to 12.7%. Bile samples were collected at 0 and 6h post-administration. Plasma mean peak concentration was 11.1µg/ml at 1.5h for OZ78 and 4.8µg/ml [...] OZ78 and MT04 was 6698 and 3567µgmin/ml, respectively. Bile concentration at 6h post-treatment was 1.0µg/ml for OZ78 and 1.4µg/ml for MT04. Treatment with OZ78 showed no effect on egg burden and adult worm
Elemental composition of particulate matter and the association with lung function (Publications)
decreases in forced expiratory volume in the first second of 1.6% (95% confidence interval = 0.4% to 2.7%) and 2.3% (-0.1% to 4.6%) per increase in exposure of 2 and 200 ng/m, respectively. Associations remained
Mobile phone use and brain tumors in children and adolescents: a multicenter case-control study (Publications)
CI = 0.92 to 2.02). Children who started to use mobile phones at least 5 years ago were not at increased risk compared with those who had never regularly used mobile phones (OR = 1.26, 95% CI = 0.70 to
Anti-protozoal activities of cembrane-type diterpenes from Vietnamese soft corals (Publications)
inhibitory effects on L. donovani with IC50 values < 0.2 microM. The best antiplasmodial effect was exerted by laevigatol A (10), with an IC50 value of about 3.0 microM. The cytotoxicity of the active compounds
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children (Publications)
AND FINDINGS: All studies identified to have data on the FTO rs9939609 variant (or any proxy [r(2)> 0.8]) and PA were invited to participate, regardless of ethnicity or age of the participants. PA was [...] of obesity by 1.23-fold/allele (95% CI 1.20-1.26), but PA attenuated this effect (p(interaction) = 0.001). More specifically, the minor allele of rs9939609 increased the odds of obesity less in the physically
Epidemiology of brucellosis, Q fever and Rift Valley fever at the human and livestock interface in northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
cattle, 9.4% in sheep and 12.4% in goats. Seroprevalence of RVF was 3.9% in cattle, 2.4% in sheep and 0% in goats. Seropositive ewes had greater odds (OR=4.7) of abortion than seronegative ones. In cattle [...] shorter distance between the night pens and nearest permanent water bodies was protective factor (OR=0.1). The study showed that the exposure to the three zoonoses is rather low in Northern Côte d'Ivoire
Estimation of daily PM10 concentrations in Italy (2006–2012) using finely resolved satellite data, land use variables and meteorology (Publications)
for each year. Our models displayed good fitting, with mean CV-R2=0.65 and little bias (average slope of predicted VS observed PM10=0.99). Out-of-sample predictions were more accurate in Northern Italy
Combined impact of negative lifestyle factors on cardiovascular risk in children: a randomized prospective study (Publications)
or more (n = 14) risky lifestyle factors were 15.4% (8.9-25.3), 24.3% (17.4-32.8), 36.0% (28.6-44.2), 49.8% (38.6-61.0), and 63.5% (47.2-77.2), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Even in childhood, an accumulation
The spatial and seasonal distribution of <em>Bulinus truncatus</em>, <em>Bulinus forskalii</em> and <em>Biomphalaria pfeifferi</em>, the intermediate... (Publications)
truncatus of 119 snails collected shed Schistosoma spp. cercariae (0.84%), while S. mansoni was shed by one of 108 Bi. pfeifferi snails (0.93%). None of the snails collected after the rainy season shed S
