Ivermectin treatment and sanitation effectively reduce <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infection risk in rural communities in Cambodia (Publications)
rates among positive and negative participants at baseline were 14.4% and 9.6% at the first and 11.0% and 11.5% at the second follow-up, respectively. At follow-up, all age groups were at similar risk
Risk factors for new-onset cat sensitization among adults: a population-based international cohort study (Publications)
assessed in both surveys. Allergen-specific sensitization was defined as a specific serum IgE level of 0.35 kU/L or more. RESULTS: A total of 4468 subjects did not have a cat in ECRHS I or ECRHS II, 473 had
Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline (Publications)
second decline increased by -3.8 ml/yr (-6.3 to -2.9) 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 p
The adverse impact of obesity on heart rate variability is modified by a <em>NFE2L2 </em>gene variant: the SAPALDIA Cohort (Publications)
calculated as geometric means, with BMI. The examined NFE2L2 variant sustainably modified (pinteraction=0.014) the found inverse association between a BMI increment and SDNN, causing a stronger decrement in
Effects of radon and UV exposure on skin cancer mortality in Switzerland (Publications)
3.23]), though not statistically significantly different compared to not working outdoors (HR 1.09 [0.99, 1.21], ). CONCLUSIONS: There is considerable variation in radon and UV exposure across Switzerland
Transcriptional profiling defines dynamics of parasite tissue sequestration during malaria infection (Publications)
on, demonstrating the presence of two circulating gametocyte populations: gametocyte rings between 0 and approximately 30 hours post-invasion and mature gametocytes after around 7 days post-invasion.
Long-term exposure to transportation noise and air pollution in relation to incident diabetes in the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
aircraft were associated with incident diabetes (respective RR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.02-1.78 and 1.86; 95% CI: 0.96-3.59 per IQR) independently of Lden railway and NO 2 (which were not associated with diabetes risk)
Epiisopilosine alkaloid has activity against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in mice without acute toxicity (Publications)
treatment with the lower dose of EPIIS (100 mg/kg) significantly reduced total worm burden by 60.61% (P < 0.001), as well as decreasing hepatosplenomegaly and egg excretion. Scanning electron microscopy revealed
The effect of human interaction on guinea pig behavior in animal-assisted therapy (Publications)
(R) XT 12.5. The data were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models with SPSS (R), version 22.0. Results show that the frequency but not the duration of hiding was significantly increased in the therapy
The candidate blood-stage malaria vaccine P27A induces a robust humoral response in a fast track to the field phase I trial in exposed and non exposed... (Publications)
(Verorab(R)) were administered intramuscularly to 16 malaria non-exposed and 40 exposed subjects on days 0, 28 and 56. Local and systemic adverse events (AEs) as well as humoral and cellular immune responses
