Mental health litaracy and the experience of depression in a community sample of gay men (Publications)
yet the mental health literacy of this population has remained largely unknown. METHODS: In 2007 and 2011, surveys were conducted among gay men in eneva, Switzerland, recruited by probability-based time-space
Assessment of the novel T-cell activation marker-tuberculosis assay for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: a prospective proof-of-concept... (Publications)
Research Center in Mbeya, and the Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, between May 10, 2011, and Sept 4, 2012. Sputum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained for Mycobacterium
The spatial distribution of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in four regions of western Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
non-sampled locations. Parasitological surveys were carried out in 264 schools from June to December 2011. In each school, we aimed to examine 50 children for S. mansoni infection using duplicate Kato-Katz
A good night's sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar (Publications)
group discussions were conducted in Bukoba Rural district and in Zanzibar Urban West district in late 2011. Participants were males aged 18 and over, females between the ages of 18 and 49, and females at least
Pyrethroid resistance in <em>Anopheles gambiae</em>, in Bomi County, Liberia, compromises malaria vector control (Publications)
components of malaria control programmes. This study reports on entomological survey conducted in 2011 in Bomi County, Liberia. METHODS: Anopheles gambiae larvae were collected from four sites in Bomi
Temporal trends of radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure in everyday environments across European cities (Publications)
in the cities of Basel (Switzerland), Ghent and Brussels (Belgium) during one year, between April 2011 and March 2012. RF-EMF exposure in 11 different frequency bands ranging from FM (Frequency Modulation
Community-based surveillance to monitor mortality in a malaria-endemic and Ebola-epidemic setting in rural Guinea (Publications)
43,000 individuals were monitored by the surveillance system; 1,242 deaths were reported from July 2011-June 2014, of which 55.2% (N = 686) were reported as due to malaria. Malaria-attributable proportional
Land use regression models for crustal and traffic-related PM2.5 constituents in four areas of the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
for investigating source contributions to health effects, has been little explored so far. Between 2011 and 2012, three measurement campaigns of PM and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were performed in 80 sites
The adverse impact of obesity on heart rate variability is modified by a <em>NFE2L2 </em>gene variant: the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
analyzed participants of the SAPALDIA cohort aged 50years and older, twice in 2002/2003 (N=1472) and 2010/2011 (N=1235). We included persons with valid genotype data, who underwent ambulatory 24-h electrocardiogram
High awareness but low coverage of a locally produced fortified complementary food in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: findings from a cross-sectional... (Publications)
nutritious, and locally produced fortified complementary food product was launched in the Cote d'Ivoire in 2011. The objective of the current research was to assess various levels of coverage of the program and
