Nutritional status of Tajik children and women: transition towards a double burden of malnutrition (Publications)
Overweight (24.5%) and obesity (13.0%) are increasing among Tajik women compared with previous national surveys (2003 and 2009). Prevalence of iron deficiency and anaemia was 38.0% and 25.8%, respectively; 64
Physical activity interventions for primary prevention in adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trial-based economic evaluations (Publications)
among the interventions and four interventions showed an ICER below the applied benchmark of US$0.44 to US$0.63 per MET-hour gained. These four interventions were based on individualized advice via print
The development and evaluation of a self-marking unit to estimate malaria vector survival and dispersal distance (Publications)
justify its use in MMRR studies. The estimated daily survival probability of An. gambiae s.l. was 0.87 (95% CI 0.69-1.10) and mean dispersal distance was 579 m (95% CI 521-636 m). CONCLUSIONS: This study d
Incidence trends of airflow obstruction among European adults without asthma: a 20-year cohort study (Publications)
predictive value of AO for AOpost-BD was 59.1% (52.0-66.2%) in men and 42.6% (35.1-50.1%) in women. AOpost-BD incidence was 2.6 (1.7-3.4) male and 1.6 (1.0-2.2) female cases/1,000/year. AO incidence was
Low rates of active hepatitis B and C infections among adults and children living with HIV and taking antiretroviral therapy: a multicenter screening... (Publications)
copies/mL; IQR 205-34,400,000) with a mean aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index of 0.48 (SD 0.40). Prevalence of HCV co-infection was 1.7% (22/1318), and only one patient had detectable HCV
Ultrasonography in managing extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised, controlled, parallel, superiority, open-label trial (Publications)
(intervention 266/286 (93%); control: 245/266 (92%); odds ratio 1.14 (95% confidence interval 0.60-2.16, p = 0.68)). There were no procedure-associated adverse events. CONCLUSION: eFASH did not change the
Determination of antiplasmodial activity and binding affinity of selected natural products towards PfTrxR and PfGR (Publications)
naridine, hernagine, vobasine and hispolone displayed antiplasmodial activity against PfK1 (IC50 = 0.996-3.63 microg/mL).
Influences of blood digestion on the development of <em>Plasmodium gallinaceum</em> (Brumpt) in the midgut of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> (L.) (Publications)
are explained by the action of trypsin-like proteases on the parasites and indicate that plasmodia 0-10 h after blood meal are more sensitive to the enzymes than later stages of the parasites
<em>In vivo</em> activity of aryl ozonides against <em>Schistosoma</em> species (Publications)
against adult Schistosoma mansoni, with total and female worm burden reductions of 80 and 90% (P < 0.05), respectively. Furthermore, treatment of S. haematobium-infected mice with OZ418 reduced the total
Laboratory-reflex cryptococcal antigen screening is associated with a survival benefit in Tanzania (Publications)
Our previous 12-month survival/retention in CrAg-positive persons not treated with fluconazole was 0%. METHODS: HIV testing was offered to all ART-naive outpatients and hospitalized patients in Ifakara
