A population-based study on the implementation of treatment recommendations for chemotherapy in early breast cancer (Publications)
predictor for the use of chemotherapy (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 9.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 7.2-13.0). Tumor biological characteristics such as histologic differentiation (OR, 4.4; 95% CI, 3.2-6.2), estrogen
Reference values for methacholine reactivity (SAPALDIA study) (Publications)
For the first and last quartiles of FEV1, a linear relation with FEV1 was assumed (i.e., d was set to 0). Sex was not a predictor term in this model. A negative linear association with slope was found for
Evaluation of media and derivatization chemistry for six aldehydes in a passive sampler (Publications)
chromatograph. The GMD sampler was tested for background contamination and aldehyde recoveries after 0, 1, and 7 d of storage. Results indicated that the GMD monitor, as currently manufactured, is suitable
Role of highway traffic on spatial and temporal distributions of air pollutants in a Swiss alpine valley (Publications)
biweekly integrated passive measurements taken at thirteen homes and nine community sites (validation R(2)=0.74). The excellent spatio-temporal performance of our model provides a very promising basis for the
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Khaya anthotheca</em>, (Welv.) C.D.C. A plant used by chimpanzees for self medication (Publications)
four extracts tested, the petroleum ether extract showed activity against Plasmodium falciparum (IC50 0.955?g/ml) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (IC50 5.72?g/ml). The pure compounds (1) and (2) demonstrated
Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for... (Publications)
approach, the respective prevalences increased to 92%, 53% and 33%. S. haematobium prevalences were 0.8%, 4% and 65%. Prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma spp., soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal
Genomic diversity among drug sensitive and multidrug resistant isolates of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> with identical DNA fingerprints (Publications)
pattern and the same allele at 23 out of 24 MIRU-VNTR loci. We generated 23.9 million (K-1) and 33.0 million (K-2) paired 50 bp purity filtered reads corresponding to a mean coverage of 483.5 fold and
Recent HIV-1 infection: identification of individuals with high viral load setpoint in a voluntary counselling and testing centre in rural Mozambique (Publications)
47) as compared to the median of 4.15 log(10) copies/ml (IQR 3.37-4.43) for the other patients (p = 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The low proportion of recent HIV-infections among HIV-seropositive VCT clients suggests
Sterilising effects of pyriproxyfen on <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> and its potential use in malaria control (Publications)
retention of eggs (97% of eggs retained, i.e. produced in the ovaries but not laid, in regimen B, p = 0.0004). Some of these retained eggs were deformed in shape. PPF exposure on mosquito survival in the
Ecological model to predict potential habitats of <em>Oncomelania hupensis</em>, the intermediate host of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in the... (Publications)
potential O. hupensis habitats prediction comprised the following environmental factors, namely: NDVI (> /= 0.446), LST (> /= 22.70 degrees C), elevation (
