Paediatric referrals in rural Tanzania: the Kilombero District Study - a case series (Publications)
admitted to the paediatric ward, and whether the child was referred. RESULTS: From record review, only 0.6% of children from primary level government facilities were referred to a higher level of care. At
SCYX-7158, an orally-active benzoxaborole for the treatment of stage 2 human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
Most importantly, in rodents brain exposure of SCYX-7158 is high, with C(max) > 10 microg/mL and AUC(0-24 hr) > 100 microg*h/mL following a 25 mg/kg oral dose. Furthermore, SCYX-7158 readily distributes
Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: the impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverage (Publications)
danger signs was negatively associated with vitamin A supplementation coverage (80% versus 70%) (p = 0.04). Nevertheless, we did not find any disparities in coverage of vitamin A by district, gender, so
History of malaria control in Tajikistan and rapid malaria appraisal in an agro-ecological setting (Publications)
Tajikistan was conducted. RESULTS: One case of P. vivax was detected among the 363 schoolchildren examined (0.28%). The interviewees reported to protect themselves against mosquito bites and used their own concepts
Prevalence and risk factors of helminths and intestinal protozoa infections among children from primary schools in western Tajikistan (Publications)
survey. The overall prevalence of infection with helminths and pathogenic intestinal protozoa was 32.0% and 47.1%, respectively. There was pronounced spatial heterogeneity. The most common helminth species
Geographical patterns and predictors of malaria risk in Zambia: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of the 2006 Zambia national malaria indicator survey... (Publications)
do not support spatial dependence. Overall the averaged population-adjusted parasitaemia risk was 20.0% in children less than five years with the highest risk predicted in the northern (38.3%) province.
No <em>Paragonimus</em> in high-risk groups in Côte d'Ivoire, but considerable prevalence of helminths and intestinal protozoon infections (Publications)
had tuberculosis, with a higher prevalence in males than females (28.8% vs. 13.9%, chi2 = 8.79, p = 0.003). The prevalence of helminths and intestinal protozoa was 4.6% and 16.9%, respectively. In the school
Patterns of migration and risks associated with leprosy among migrants in Maranhao, Brazil (Publications)
diagnosis. Past 5 year migration was found to be associated with leprosy (OR: 1.59; 95% CI 1.07-2.38; p = 0.02), and remained significantly associated with leprosy after controlling for leprosy contact in the
Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter? (Publications)
bands in terms of age or weight, had statistically significant lower odds of correct AL dosing (p < 0.05) compared to those in the lowest age or weight group. Other factors such as health worker supervision
Diversity of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>and drug resistance in different provinces of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
2 was dominating (60.5% and 84.4%, respectively) (p inverted question mark < inverted question mark0.001). Overall, phenotypic drug susceptibility testing showed 10.8% resistance to at least one of the
