Biomonitoring human exposure to household air pollution and association with self-reported health symptoms- a stove intervention study in Peru (Publications)
group (GM with 95% CI: 13.4 [12.3, 14.6] mug/g creatinine) compared to control group (16.5 [15.0, 18.0] mug/g creatinine). Stove type and/or 2-naphthol was associated with a number of self-reported symptoms
High awareness but low coverage of a locally produced fortified complementary food in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: findings from a cross-sectional... (Publications)
days?). A total of 1,113 caregivers with children between 0 and 23 months of age were interviewed. Results showed high message coverage (85.0%), moderate contact coverage (37.8%), and poor partial and
<em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection prevalence in Western Siberia: a review of Russian literature (Publications)
from which 32 Russian-language publications were relevant. The lowest O. felineus infection rate of 0.4% was reported in Tatarstan Republic, and the highest reached 83.9% in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous [...] Tyumenskaya Oblast with over 60%, while the Tomskaya Oblast had the lowest prevalence at fewer than 19.0%. Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomus Okrug, Altaiskii Krai, Novosibirskaya Oblast and Omskaya Oblast had an average
Antiprotozoal diterpenes from <em>Perovskia abrotanoides</em> (Publications)
y on rat myoblast (L6) cells. Particularly active were 7alpha-ethoxyrosmanol (4: ) with an IC50 of 0.8 microM against T. b. rhodesiense (SI 14.9) and an IC50 of 1.8 microM (SI 6.9) against L. donovani [...] ) with an IC50 of 2.9 microM (SI 19.2) against P. falciparum, and miltiodiol (10: ) with an IC50 of 0.5 microM (SI 10.5) against T. b. rhodesiense. None of the compounds exhibited selective toxicity against
Screening a repurposing library, the Medicines for Malaria Venture Stasis Box, against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
the 37 compounds active on the larval stage were also highly active on adult worms in vitro (IC50 = 2.0-7.5 muM). IC50 values on adult S. mansoni decreased substantially in the presence of albumin (7.5-123 [...] other 9 compounds showed low activity. None of the in vivo results were statistically significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Phenotypic screening of advanced lead compounds is a simple and resource-low method
Telemedicine for health issues while abroad: interest and willingness to pay among travellers prior to departure (Publications)
condition tended to be more interested in telemedicine (respectively OR = 1.65; 95% CI: 0.75-3.62 and OR = 3.56; 95% CI: 0.41-30.95). The 99% of travellers were willing to pay for such a service. Median price
Residential air pollution does not modify the positive association between physical activity and lung function in current smokers in the ECRHS study (Publications)
PM10 mass concentrations (e.g. mean difference in FVC between active and non-active subjects was 43.0mL (13.6, 72.5), 49.5mL (20.1, 78.8) and 49.7mL (18.6, 80.7), respectively), but these associations were [...] interaction term of physical activity and PM10 mass for FEV1 among never-smokers was significant (p-value=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Physical activity has beneficial effects on adult lung function in current smokers
A rapid appraisal of factors influencing praziquantel treatment compliance in two communities endemic for schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
(302/1091) versus 52.3% in Moronou (2428/4642)). Among the 200 individuals interviewed in Moronou, 50.0% were administered praziquantel, while only 19.5% of the 205 individuals interviewed in Bigouin received [...] Moronou, 84/100; Bigouin, 32/40) declared that they would not participate in future treatments (p < 0.001). In order to enhance praziquantel treatment coverage, careful consideration should be given to
Biology of two larval morphological phenotypes of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
sex ratio (male/female) was 0.95 and 1.68 in Ae. aegypti populations from BL and WL, respectively. Females from BL lived slightly longer than those from WL (t = -2.332; P = 0.021). This study shows that
<em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in nasal lavage and biopsy of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (Publications)
groups (P = 0.3). Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants were not found. In nasal lavages, IL-5 and total IgE levels were higher in CRSNP(+) patients than in CRSNP(-) patients or controls (P < 0.05). S
