Key factors predicting suspected severe malaria case management and health outcomes: an operational study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
63, 95% CI 0.44-0.92). After RAS rollout, 161 children died (case fatality ratio: 7.1%, 95% CI 6.1-8.2). RAS improved the health status of the children on Day 28 (aOR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.45-0.92) and there
Comparison of cone bioassay estimates at two laboratories with different <em>Anopheles </em>mosquitoes for quality assurance of pyrethroid... (Publications)
unused pyrethroid ITNs testing was conducted. RESULTS: In cone bioassays, 13/20 nets (65%) at IHI and 8/20 (40%) at PNGIMR met WHO bioefficacy criteria. All nets met WHO bioefficacy criteria on combined
Transmission and diversity of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S. bovis </em>and their freshwater intermediate snail hosts <em>Bulinus... (Publications)
between 2016 and 2019 in Pemba. By analysing a partial mitochondrial cox1 region and the nuclear ITS (1-5.8S-2) rDNA region of Schistosoma cercariae, we identified 18 S. haematobium and three S. bovis haplotypes
Ecological and behavioural risk factors of scrub typhus in central Vietnam: a case-control study (Publications)
cases and controls, the largest age group was the 41-50 years old and males accounted for 61.4% and 42.8%, respectively. There were similarities in demographic characteristics between the two groups, with
Longitudinal study based on a safety registry for malaria patients treated with artenimol-piperaquine in six European countries (Publications)
consumer and 42.2% declared at least one illness history. The mean (SD) age and body mass index were 39.8 years old (13.2) and 25.9 kg/m(2) (4.7). Among them, 75 reported a total of 129 AE (27 serious), 46
A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings (Publications)
to the neglected tropical diseases. The disease has been reported in 78 countries, with around 290.8 million people in need of treatment in 2018. Schistosomiasis is predominantly considered a rural disease
Abundance of <em>Opisthorchis felineus </em>metacercariae in cyprinid fish in the middle Ob river basin (Tomsk region, Russia) (Publications)
cs of fish in different water flows were different. The cyprinid species account on average for 69.8% of the commercial fish harvested in the Tomsk region. According to epidemiological survey, among 600
Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in... (Publications)
programmes. Malaria prevalence in the intervention wards declined by 81% (from 26% (95% CI 23.7, 7.8), at baseline to 4.9% (95% CI 4.0, 5.9) at endline). In villages receiving the 1,7-mRCTR, the short-term
The independent association of source-specific transportation noise exposure, noise annoyance and noise sensitivity with health-related quality of... (Publications)
sensitivity. To assess the potentially predictive effect of these noise exposures, HRQoL was assessed about 8 years later (SAPALDIA4) using the SF-36. We performed predictive multiple quantile regression models
Anonymous HIV surveillance with risk factor elicitation at Scotland's largest prison, Barlinnie (Publications)
and risk behaviours among male inmates of Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Barlinnie, Glasgow, Scotland on 8-9 September 1994. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study: voluntary, anonymous HIV surveillance (using saliva
