Patients with cystic echinococcosis in the three national referral centers of Mongolia: a model for CE management assessment (Publications)
assigned to medical, percutaneous treatment, surgery and watch & wait were 52.5% (95% CI 42-65), 25.8% (95% CI 15-30), 5.1% (95% CI 0-10) and 3.3% (95% CI 0.0-10), respectively. 13.3% (95% CI 5-25) of cysts
Personal exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields in Europe: is there a generation gap? (Publications)
variability, we studied the differences and correlations in exposure patterns between children aged 8 to 18 and their parents, over the course of the day, by age, by activity pattern, and for different
Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts, Nepal: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
March and May 2015 in the districts of Dolakha and Ramechhap, Nepal. A total of 708 children, aged 8-16 years from 16 purposively selected schools, were enrolled. Each child provided a single stool sample
Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study (Publications)
patients and discordant for 121 (19%) of 634. Overall, sensitivity to detect any resistance was 90.8% (95% CI 86.5-94.2) and specificity 84.3% (80.3-87.7). Mortality ranged from 6% (20 of 336) in patients
High cure rates and tolerability of artesunate-amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in... (Publications)
outcomes. PCR uncorrected adequate clinical and parasitological response (ACPR) for DP on day 42 was 98.8% and 75.9% at Kibaha and Ujiji, respectively. After PCR correction, DP's ACPR was 100% at both sites
Assessment of health and well-being effects associated with the challenging drinking water situation in the Gaza Strip: protocol for a cross-sectional... (Publications)
were aged between 18 and 30 years. We obtained water samples from nearly all households (902/905, 99.8%). The results are expected to be published in several papers in 2025. CONCLUSIONS: The extensive survey
Evaluating the adoption of mhealth technologies by community health workers to improve the use of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa:... (Publications)
mHealth use by CHWs increased ANC use. Similarly, of the studies reporting on facility-based births, 89% (8/9) demonstrated an increase due to mHealth use by CHWs. In addition, in the PNC studies, 75% (3/4) showed
Potential associations between <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection and physico-chemical characteristics and water-related human activities in Côte... (Publications)
92-1.50). Children aged 9-14 years showed a higher prevalence than their younger counterparts aged 5-8 years (34.5% vs. 22.7%, OR: 1.80, 95% CI 1.42-2.27). High infection prevalence was observed in villages
Trends of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> molecular markers associated with resistance to artemisinins and reduced susceptibility to lumefantrine in... (Publications)
domain (k13) and P. falciparum multidrug resistance 1 (pfmdr1). RESULTS: Sequencing success was ≥ 87.8%, and 1,724/1,769 (97.5%) k13 wild-type samples were detected. Thirty-seven (2.1%) samples had synonymous
Characteristics, consent patterns, and challenges of randomized trials using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design A scoping review (Publications)
of research groups. The most common medical fields were oncology (11/46; 24%), infectious diseases (8/46;17%), and mental health (7/46; 15%). A typical TwiCs was investigator-initiated (46/46;100%), publicly
