SMSs as an alternative to provider-delivered care for unhealthy alcohol use: study protocol for <em>Leseli</em>, an open-label randomised controlled... (Publications)
to 6 in-person session intervention, to mhGAP-Remote, a 1 in-person session intervention followed by 8 week of short message service (SMS) in Lesotho. We hypothesise that mhGAP-Remote is superior to mhG [...] mhGAP-Remote arm receive 1 in-person session covering the same content, followed by standardised SMSs over 8 weeks that reinforce intervention content. Non-specialist providers deliver the intervention and receive [...] alcohol use based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test...
SMSs as an alternative to provider-delivered care for unhealthy alcohol use: study protocol for <em>Leseli</em>, an open-label randomised controlled... (Publications)
to 6 in-person session intervention, to mhGAP-Remote, a 1 in-person session intervention followed by 8 week of short message service (SMS) in Lesotho. We hypothesise that mhGAP-Remote is superior to mhG [...] mhGAP-Remote arm receive 1 in-person session covering the same content, followed by standardised SMSs over 8 weeks that reinforce intervention content. Non-specialist providers deliver the intervention and receive [...] alcohol use based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test...
Systematic review and meta-analysis of tuberculosis in animals in Nigeria (Publications)
analyses showed an overall pooled TB prevalence of 7.0% (95% CI: 6.0–8.0) comprising of infection distributed in cattle (8.0%, 95% CI: 7.0–8.0), goats (0.47%, 95% CI: 0–1.2), sheep (0.27%, 95% CI: 0.14–0.46)
Effects of age, gender and soil-transmitted helminth infection on prevalence of <em>Plasmodium </em>infection among population living in Bata... (Publications)
infections were detected in 34.8% of the participants, while 50% of malaria infections were reported in children aged 10-17 years. Females had a lower prevalence of malaria (28.8%) compared with males (41.7%) [...] trichiura had malaria parasites compared with those infected with A. lumbricoides (39.6%) or both (46.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The overlapping problem of STH and malaria is neglected in Bata. The current study forces
Accuracy of two circulating antigen tests for the diagnosis and surveillance of <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>infection in low-endemicity settings of... (Publications)
POC-CCA (37.6%) and six Kato-Katz thick smears (13.8%). The negative predictive value of UCP-LF CAA, POC-CCA, and six Kato-Katz thick smears was 92.8%, 79.8%, and 74.1%, respectively. Our results confirm that
Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria: Rufiji District, Tanzania (Publications)
reference microscopy was 64.8%, but varied greatly by health facility, range 18.8-85.9%. Sensitivity of RDTs increased with increasing parasite density. Specificity remained high at 87.8% despite relatively poor
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in pastoral cattle herds in the Oromia region, southern Ethiopia (Publications)
reactors was 5.5% (95% confidence interval (CI), 4.0-8.0%) and 7.0% (95% CI, 5.0-10.0%), whereas the true prevalence estimate was 4.4% (95% CI, 0.8-8.0%) and 6.1% (95% CI, 2.6-9.5%), when using the 4-mm
Coarse particles from Saharan dust and daily mortality (Publications)
increase of 10 microg/m3 of PM10-2.5 increased daily mortality by 8.4% (95% confidence interval = 1.5%-15.8%) compared with 1.4% (-0.8% to 3.4%) during non-Saharan dust days (P value for interaction =
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> diversity and population structure across four continents (Publications)
was highest in South-East Asia (mean allelic richness 10.0-12.8), intermediate in the South Pacific (8.1-9.9) Madagascar and Sudan (7.9-8.4), and lowest in South America and Central Asia (5.5-7.2). A reduced
Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> isolates from... (Publications)
c analysis. Twenty-four (22.8%) isolates were identified as methicillin-resistant S. aureus and lukFS genes encoding Panton-Valentine leucocidin were identified in 67 (63.8%) of the isolates. Phenotype [...] one S. aureus isolates were isolated from wounds (n = 93, 92.1%) and the hospital environment (n = 8, 7.9%) and characterized by the spa gene, mecA and the Panton-Valentine leucocidin toxin followed by
