Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
for malaria infection. The overall prevalence of malaria was 21.6%, ranging from < 0.1 to 53% among regions and from 0 to 76.4% among councils. The malaria prevalence was below 5% in 62 of the 166 councils
Machine learning techniques for personalized breast cancer risk prediction: comparison with the BCRAT and BOADICEA models (Publications)
Breast cancer risk prediction models used in clinical practice have low discriminatory accuracy (0.53-0.64). Machine learning (ML) offers an alternative approach to standard prediction modeling that may
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and treatment eligibility in Lesotho, Southern Africa: a population-based cross-sectional study with... (Publications)
years (IQR: 20-53)), which was positive in 78 participants, yielding a prevalence of 1.2% (95% CI: 0.9 to 1.4). Being≥18 years old, male, living in urban areas, living with HIV, consuming tobacco and belonging [...] 23/25 (92%) already taking antiretroviral treatment active against HBV. Among the remaining, 10/37 (27.0%) were eligible for antiviral treatment based on HBV DNA, Aspartate aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio
Association between short-term pollen exposure and blood pressure in adults: a repeated-measures study (Publications)
higher concentrations. Increases of 2.00 mmHg [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.80- 3.19] in systolic and 1.51 mmHg [95% CI: 0.58 - 2.45] in diastolic BP were associated with 96-hour average pollen exposure
Antiprotozoal activity of plants used in the management of sleeping sickness in Angola and bioactivity-guided fractionation of <em>Brasenia... (Publications)
of eight active molecules: gallic acid (IC(50) 0.5 µg/mL), methyl gallate (IC(50) 1.1 µg/mL), 2,3,4,6-tetragalloyl-glucopyranoside, ethyl gallate (IC(50) 0.5 µg/mL), 1,2,3,4,6-pentagalloyl-β-glucopyranoside
Association between short-term pollen exposure and blood pressure in adults: a repeated-measures study (Publications)
higher concentrations. Increases of 2.00 mmHg [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.80- 3.19] in systolic and 1.51 mmHg [95% CI: 0.58 - 2.45] in diastolic BP were associated with 96-hour average pollen exposure
Antiprotozoal activity of plants used in the management of sleeping sickness in Angola and bioactivity-guided fractionation of <em>Brasenia... (Publications)
of eight active molecules: gallic acid (IC(50) 0.5 µg/mL), methyl gallate (IC(50) 1.1 µg/mL), 2,3,4,6-tetragalloyl-glucopyranoside, ethyl gallate (IC(50) 0.5 µg/mL), 1,2,3,4,6-pentagalloyl-β-glucopyranoside
HIV testing and knowledge on mother-to-child transmission among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Vanga hospital, Democratic Republic of... (Publications)
questionnaire regarding HIV knowledge was given to all participants. Data were analysed with STATA 13.0. Descriptive statistics of key variables were computed and logistic regression was used to assess the [...] (376/460) reported that they have never been tested in the past for HIV infection and the prevalence was at 0.9% (4/460). Conclusion. Knowledge of MTCT of HIV, previous uptake of HIV testing and prevalence was
Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical precancer screening among women in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe: analysis of... (Publications)
inequalities in percentage points, with differences of 20%+ defined as high inequality, 5%-20% as medium, 0%-5% as low. RESULTS: The sample size of participants ranged from 5882 in Ethiopia to 9186 in Tanzania [...] Tanzania. The screening rates were low in the surveyed countries, ranging from 3.5% (95% CI 3.1% to 4.0%) in Rwanda to 17.1% (95% CI 15.8% to 18.5%) and 17.4% (95% CI 16.1% to 18.8%) in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Residential greenspace and lung function decline over 20 years in a prospective cohort: the ECRHS study (Publications)
RESULTS: A 0.2-increase (average interquartile range) in NDVI in the 500 m buffer was consistently associated with a faster decline in FVC (-1.25 mL/year [95% confidence interval: -2.18 to -0.33]). These
