Repeated stool sampling and use of multiple techniques enhance the sensitivity of helminth diagnosis: a cross-sectional survey in southern Lao... (Publications)
viverrini, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Schistosoma mekongi infection of 77.9%, 65.0%, 33.4%, 26.2% and 24.3%, respectively. As expected, a single KK and a single FECT missed a considerable
Clinical and epidemiologic phenotypes of childhood asthma (Publications)
decreased lung function, increased genetic risk, in utero smoke exposure (odds ratio 2.03 (1.12-3.68); p=0.0191), but without established asthma diagnosis and treatment. Conclusion: Clinical phenotypes were
Interaction between asthma and smoking increases the risk of adult airway obstruction (Publications)
was found among those with early-onset asthma independently of smoking status (never smokers: OR 21.0, 95% CI 12.7-35; current smokers: OR 23.7, 95% CI 13.9-40.6). Late-onset asthma was associated with
Antiviral innate immune activation in HIV infected adults negatively affects H1/IC31(R) induced vaccine-specific memory CD4+ T cells (Publications)
following vaccination with the subunit vaccine H1/IC31(R). H1/IC31(R) was inoculated twice on study days 0 and 56 among HIV infected adults with CD4+ lymphocyte counts greater than 350 cells/mm3. Whole venous
Antiprotozoal effect of <em>Artemisia indica</em> extracts and essential oil (Publications)
chromatography-mass spectrometry simultaneously. Of the 92 compounds detected in the oil, camphor (13.0 %) and caryophyllene oxide (10.87 %) were the major components. All solvent extracts and the volatile
Epidemiology and clinical features of vivax malaria imported to Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop (Publications)
range 4-133) the median symptom onset was significantly delayed in patients with chemoprophylaxis (p < 0.0001). Common complaints were fever, headache, fatigue, and musculo-skeletal symptoms. All patients
Three different <em>Plasmodium</em> species show similar patterns of clinical tolerance of malaria infection (Publications)
fractions are then used to compute the incidence of attributable disease. RESULTS: Overall 33.3%, 6.1%, and 0.1% of the presumptive cases were attributable to P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae respectively
Spatially-explicit risk profiling of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections at a small scale: a geostatistical modelling approach (Publications)
processes. FINDINGS: The overall prevalence of P. falciparum infection was 64.9%, ranging between 34.0% and 91.9% at the unit of the school. Risk factors for a P. falciparum infection included age, socioeconomic
Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infection: a randomized controlled... (Publications)
Cure rates against T. trichiura were low regardless of the treatment (nitazoxanide-albendazole, 16.0%; albendazole, 14.5%; and nitazoxanide, 6.6%). Egg reduction rates were 54.9% for the nitazoxanide-
Motivational brief intervention for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in travelers: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
motivational BI group, 24% (95%CI10-37) in the condoms group and 24% (95%CI14-33) in the control group (p=0.7). Conclusion This study showed that a motivational brief intervention and/or the provision of free
