Trends in prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in 5-7 year old Swiss children from 1992 to 2001 (Publications)
Prevalence rates of asthma and hay fever symptoms remained quite stable over time (wheeze/past year: 8.8, 7.8, 6.4 and 7.4%, sneezing attack during pollen season: 5.0, 5.6, 5.4 and 4.6%). Rates of reported
Comparative detection of trypanosomal DNA by loop mediated isotherma amplification and PCR from FTA cards spotted with patient blood (Publications)
Interval, CI of 71.1-85.1%), the SRA-LAMP positive in 120 (93.8%, 95% CI= 88.2-96.8%), while RIME-LAMP revealed signals in 122 (95.3%; 95% CI=90.2-97.8%). RIME- and SRA-LAMP were each significantly more sensitive
Combined impact of negative lifestyle factors on cardiovascular risk in children: a randomized prospective study (Publications)
four (n = 41), or five or more (n = 14) risky lifestyle factors were 15.4% (8.9-25.3), 24.3% (17.4-32.8), 36.0% (28.6-44.2), 49.8% (38.6-61.0), and 63.5% (47.2-77.2), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Even in childhood
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among HIV/TB-coinfected children in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) network (Publications)
receiving ART at the time of TB diagnosis, and 32% were started on ART within 8 weeks of TB diagnosis. Incidence of ART initiation within 8 weeks of TB diagnosis was higher for those with favorable TB outcomes [...] ethambutol during intensive phase (IP) of treatment, and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) within 8 weeks of TB diagnosis. We investigated TB treatment outcomes by diagnostic modality, IP regimen, and
Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline (Publications)
-12.5 ml/yr (-16.2 to -8.9) in postmenopausal women, compared to women menstruating regularly. The adjusted mean forced expiratory volume in one second decline increased by -3.8 ml/yr (-6.3 to -2.9) in [...] in transitional women and -5.2 ml/yr (-8.3 to -2.0) in postmenopausal women. CONCLUSIONS: Lung function declined more rapidly among transitional and postmenopausal women, in particular for forced vital
Étude du biais dû aux non-répondants dans une étude épidemiologique (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) 16267 adults aged 18 to 60 years from 8 different locations in Switzerland were randomly selected for answering a questionnaire about respiratory [...] 6 ppm) that in R (11.9 ppm) (p = 0.01). A similar difference exists between NR (30.7 pp) and R (24.8 ppm) among current smokers (p < 0.01). The main reasons for refusal are lack of time (27.5%), lack of [...] fear of health professionals (18.3%) or the existence of a another disease...
High awareness but low coverage of a locally produced fortified complementary food in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: findings from a cross-sectional... (Publications)
Results showed high message coverage (85.0%), moderate contact coverage (37.8%), and poor partial and effective coverages (8.8% and 4.6%, respectively). Product awareness was lower among caregivers from
Risk factors for new infection with Leptospira in meat workers in New Zealand (Publications)
Forty-nine (8.3%) participants, either seroconverted or had at least a titre increase by two dilutions against either serovar. While in sheep meat workers, the annual infection risk was 11.3% (95% CI 8.5% to [...] to 14.8%), in deer meat workers it was 0% (95% CI 0.0% to 10.9%) and in those processing beef cattle, 1.2% (95% CI 0.2% to 4.6%). Risk factors for new infection in sheep abattoirs were worker position, abattoir
Spatial variability in air pollution exposure in relation to socioeconomic indicators in nine European metropolitan areas: a study on environmental... (Publications)
was associated with 48.7% (95% confidence interval (CI): 42.9%, 54.8%), 30.9% (95%CI: 22.1%, 40.2%), 19.8% (95%CI: 13.4%, 26.6%) and 15.8% (95%CI: 9.9%, 22.1%) increase in NO2 respectively. The association
Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana (Publications)
initiation of ANC. RESULTS: We analysed data from 506 women with median Hb of 11.1 g/dL (IQR 7.31-13.8). The median gestational age at booking was 14 weeks (5-36 weeks). The prevalence of anaemia was 42 [...] 7%, with 95% confidence interval (CI) [38.4-47.1], and was high among teenage mothers (52% [34.9-67.8]), mothers who booked in the third trimester (55% [33.6-74.7]) and grand multiparous women (58% [30 [...] [1.78-2.21]) and mother who were underweight compared to those with normal weight...
