HIV/AIDS, parasites and co-infections: publication patterns in China (Publications)
endeavor, accounting for 26.0% and 24.6% of the HIV/AIDS and parasitological literature, respectively, while publications dealing with health education only represented 2.9% and 0.7% of all publications,
Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening (Publications)
27% of patients, compared to 21% when there was a fee (p = 0.033). Corresponding percentages for Xpert MTB/RIF were 26% and 15% of patients (p = 0.001). Screening practices for active disease before starting
Effect of deworming on physical fitness of school-aged children in Yunnan, China: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (Publications)
Trichuris trichiura-infected children had 1.6 ml kg-1 min-1 (P = 0.02) less increase in their VO2 max estimate and completed 4.6 (P = 0.04) fewer 20-m laps than at baseline compared to non-infected peers
Patient-related risk factors leading to aseptic stem loosening in total hip arthroplasty: a case-control study of 5,035 patients (Publications)
RESULTS: Women showed significantly lower risk of radiographic loosening than men (odds ratio (OR) 0.64). Age was also a strong factor: risk decreased by 1.8% for each additional year of age at the time [...] Charnley Class B, indicating restricted mobility, was associated with lower risk of loosening (OR 0.78). INTERPRETATION: An increased activity level, as seen in younger patients and those with unrestricted
Childhood air pollutant exposure and carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults (Publications)
standard deviation (SD) increase in childhood (aged 0-5 years) or elementary school (aged 6-12) O(3) exposure was associated with a 7.8 mum (95% CI -0.3, 15.9) or 10.1 mum (95% CI 1.8, 18.5) higher CIMT
Long-term decline in lung function, utilisation of care and quality of life in modified GOLD stage 1 COPD (Publications)
in FEV(1) (-9 ml/year (95% CI -13 to -5)), increased respiratory care utilisation (OR 1.6 (95% CI 1.0 to 2.6)) and a lower quality of life than asymptomatic subjects with normal lung function (n = 3627 [...] differences in FEV(1) decline (-3 ml/year (95% CI -7 to +1)), respiratory care utilisation (OR 1.05 (95% CI 0.63 to 1.73)) or quality of life scores compared with the reference group. CONCLUSIONS: In population-based
Response of Kampuchean strains of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> to antimalarials: in-vivo assessment of quinine and quinine plus tetracycline;... (Publications)
of Kampuchean strains of Plasmodium falciparum to quinine. The mean parasite density count on day 0 was 32,398 asexual parasites per microliter of blood. With a dosage of 1.5 g quinine base daily for [...] quinine 3 x 500 mg daily for 10 days, tetracycline 3 x 500 mg for 7 days. Parasite density counts on day 0 averaged 11,393 asexual parasites per microliter of blood. The average parasite clearance time was 5
Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad (Publications)
58-71%) in zone III. The proportions of ownerless dogs to owned dogs were 1.1% (95% CI, 0-3.1%), 7.6% (95% CI, 0.7-16.5%), and 10.6% (95% CI, 1.6-19.1%) in the three study zones, respectively. Vaccination
Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles (Publications)
further adjustment for covariates indicated robust estimates in the range of 3.9-4.3% (p-values, 0.05-0.1). Among older subjects (greater than or equal to 60 years of age), women, never smokers, and those
Availability and costs of antiepileptic drugs and quality of phenobarbital in Vientiane municipality, Lao PDR (Publications)
most widely available drugs were diazepam (5 mg) and phenobarbital (100 mg), present in 87.9 and 53.0% of the pharmacies, respectively. All 34 phenobarbital samples examined showed a correct concentration [...] phenobarbital 100 mg tablets produced in Lao PDR (mean concentration 94.7 mg) was significantly lower (p = 0.005) than the imported equivalent (mean concentration 99.7 mg). The direct drug costs of a yearly treatment
