Prevalence and predictors of residual antibiotics in children's blood in community settings in Tanzania (Publications)
most frequently detected antibiotics were trimethoprim (144/1699; 8.5%), sulfamethoxazole (102/1699; 6.0%), metronidazole (61/1699; 3.6%) and amoxicillin (43/1699; 2.5%). The strongest predictors of residual [...] residual antibiotics in the blood were observed presence of antibiotics at home (aOR=2.9; 95% CI: 2.0-4.1) and reported consumption of antibiotics in the last two weeks (aOR=2.5; 95% CI: 1.6-3.9). However,
Seroprevalence of <em>Rickettsia</em> spp. and <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> in indigenous populations from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,... (Publications)
with the birth of cattle (odds ratio [OR] = 8.85; 95% CI 1.54-50.90; p = 0.015) and goats (OR = 7.60; 95% CI 1.70-33.90; p = 0.008). Conclusions: These results highlight a notable exposure to Rickettsia
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention and the spread of <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>quintuple-mutant parasites resistant to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a... (Publications)
95% initial coverage declining each cycle), the quintuple mutant required 53·1 years (95% CI 50·5-56·0) to spread from 1% to 50% of inoculations. This time increased in lower-transmission settings and reduced [...] deployed. For the same setting, the effective reduction in clinical cases in children receiving SMC was 79·0% (95% CI 77·8-80·8) and 60·4% (58·6-62·3) during the months of SMC implementation when the quintuple
Prevalence and predictors of residual antibiotics in children's blood in community settings in Tanzania (Publications)
most frequently detected antibiotics were trimethoprim (144/1699; 8.5%), sulfamethoxazole (102/1699; 6.0%), metronidazole (61/1699; 3.6%) and amoxicillin (43/1699; 2.5%). The strongest predictors of residual [...] residual antibiotics in the blood were observed presence of antibiotics at home (aOR=2.9; 95% CI: 2.0-4.1) and reported consumption of antibiotics in the last two weeks (aOR=2.5; 95% CI: 1.6-3.9). However,
Seroprevalence of <em>Rickettsia</em> Spp. and <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> in indigenous populations from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,... (Publications)
with the birth of cattle (odds ratio [OR] = 8.85; 95% CI 1.54-50.90; p = 0.015) and goats (OR = 7.60; 95% CI 1.70-33.90; p = 0.008). Conclusions: These results highlight a notable exposure to Rickettsia
Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia (Publications)
assessments. The estimated kappa for the binary stunting and underweight classifications were 0.84 and 0.93, respectively. In the larger samples measured only following one protocol, we find no differences
Long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and natural and cause-specific mortality (Publications)
follow-up. The correlation of UFP concentration with other pollutants ranged from moderate (0.59 (PM(2)(.)(5))) to high (0.81 (NO(2))). We found a significant association between annual average UFP exposure and
Community-based wound management in a rural setting of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
and March 2020. The observation period ended in March 2021. Median age was 10 years (IQR 7-15), 63.0% of patients were male. Almost all (99.5%, 870/874) wounds closed within the observation period, 5.3% [...] Wounds treated in C, HC and DH presented with secondary bacterial infections in 10.3% (36/350), 31.0% (133/429) and 100% (5/5) of cases, respectively. Recapturing was required in 68.3% (630/923) of wounds
Lung allograft microbiome association with gastroesophageal reflux, inflammation, and allograft dysfunction (Publications)
of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
mining communities around operational mines there was a tendency towards lower HIV knowledge (OR: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.63-1.04). New mine openings increased the odds of risky sexual behaviors, such as having multiple
