Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country, multi-city study (Publications)
(NO3-) from 1% to 71% resulted in a reduced RR, from 1.0100 (95%CI: 1.0067-1.0133) to 1.0037 (95%CI: 0.9998- 1.0077). Differences in composition explained a substantial part of the heterogeneity in PM2.5
Accuracy of two circulating antigen tests for the diagnosis and surveillance of <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>infection in low-endemicity settings of... (Publications)
complete data records. The prevalence of S. mansoni, as assessed by six Kato-Katz thick smears, was 4.0%. The UCP-LF CAA and POC-CCA tests revealed S. mansoni prevalence of 25.4% and 30.7%, respectively,
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) coding capacities in Swiss university hospitals using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (Publications)
nationality outside the 30 targeted countries, corresponding to an overall prevalence of 2.3% (95%CI, 2.0-2.6). The number of FGM/C cases by hospital was significantly different across years (P
Caesarean sections and health financing: a global analysis (Publications)
well as human resources, each 10 per cent increase in out-of-pocket expenditure was associated with a 0.7 per cent increase in excess CS proportions. A 10 per cent increase in voluntary health insurance was
The coexistence of asthma and COPD: risk factors, clinical history and lung function trajectories (Publications)
respiratory infections in childhood (19.1%) more frequently than subjects with COPD alone (20.9 and 14.0%, respectively). Subjects with asthma+COPD had an impairment of lung function at age 20 that tracked
Spatial variability of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehydeand residential exposure of children in the industrial area of Viadana, Northern Italy (Publications)
The correlation between NO2concentrations from continuous and passive samplingwas high (Pearson’sr= 0.89), although passive sampling underestimated NO2especially during winter. For both 2010 and 2017–2018
Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: application of a... (Publications)
thresholds. For diagnosis at individual level, the questionnaire showed the highest sensitivity at (70.0%) followed by urine filtration (53.8%) and microhematuria (52.2%). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The high
Ocular findings in HIV-1 positive and HIV-1 negative participants in a rural population-based cohort in Uganda (Publications)
significantly more HIV positives had some sign of intraocular inflammation compared to the negatives (p = 0.02) there was no significant linear trend in the HIV positives with decreasing CD4 count. Overall, 11
Tuberculosis in pediatric antiretroviral therapy programs in low- and middle-income countries: diagnosis and screening practices (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The global burden of childhood tuberculosis (TB) is estimated to be 0.5 million new cases per year. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children are at high risk for TB. Diagnosis of
Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania (Publications)
guidelines (artemether-lumefantrine or quinine). Among the 5,162 RDT-negative patients, only 205 (4.0%) were treated with an antimalarial. Other reported treatments included antibiotics and antipyretics
