Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of multi-drug resistant <em>Staphylococci</em> in healthy cats and dogs (Publications)
risk of colonisation by multi-drug resistant Staphylococci (OR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.1 5.2, p value LRT = 0.04). When identifying efficient control strategies against antibiotic resistance, the presence of mechanisms
Effect of supervised training on FEV1 in cystic fibrosis: a randomised controlled trial (Publications)
6months. RESULTS: FEV1 increased significantly in both training groups compared with CONCH (AT:+5.8±0.95, ST:+7.4±2.5, CONCH:-11.5±2.7% predicted, p
Prevalence of dementia, depression, and mild cognitive impairment in a rural area of the island of Crete, Greece (Publications)
the results were as follows-depression: 33.9%; MCI: 15.3%; MCI with depression: 8.6%; dementia: 2.0%; and dementia with depression: 7.2%. Dementia is less prevalent compared to global data and other Greek
Mathematical modelling of the impact of expanding levels of malaria control interventions on <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> (Publications)
many settings in PNG, increasing bed net coverage is predicted to reduce transmission to less than 0.1% prevalence by light microscopy, however there is substantial risk of rebounds in transmission if
Structure–activity relationship studies of tolfenpyrad reveal subnanomolar inhibitors of<em> Haemonchus contortus</em> development (Publications)
development of L4 larval stages of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus with an IC50 value of 0.03 microM while displaying good selectivity, with an IC50 of 37.9 microM for cytotoxicity. As a promising
Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use (Publications)
and peer-reviewed literature reviews, we identified available ECD measurement tools for children aged 0-3 years used in > /=1 LMIC and matrixed these according to when (child age) and what (ECD domains) they
Hemozoin-catalyzed precipitation polymerization as an assay for malaria diagnosis (Publications)
rate of turbidity increase is proportional to the concentration of hemozoin, with a detection limit of 0.85 ng mL(-1). Malaria parasites in human blood can be detected down to 10 infected red blood cells muL(-1)
Glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes followed in a rural African primary care setting - a reality check in the Democratic Republic of... (Publications)
319 diabetic patients (212 men, 107 women) were enrolled. The target threshold of HbA1c level at 7.0% or below was met by 17.8% (19/107) of female and 12.3% (26/212) of male patients. The fasting plasma
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of... (Publications)
(85.6 million [66.7 million to 106.1 million]), alcohol use (85.0 million [77.2 million to 93.0 million]), and diets high in sodium (83.0 million [49.3 million to 127.5 million]). From 1990 to 2015, at
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of... (Publications)
(85.6 million [66.7 million to 106.1 million]), alcohol use (85.0 million [77.2 million to 93.0 million]), and diets high in sodium (83.0 million [49.3 million to 127.5 million]). From 1990 to 2015, at
