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 (
Long-term air pollution and traffic noise exposures and mild cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Heinz Nixdorf... (Publications)
y). In two-exposure models, AP and noise associations were attenuated (i.g., for aMCI: PM2.5 1.13 (0.98, 1.30) and LDEN 1.46 (1.11, 1.92)). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term exposures to air pollution and traffic
Excess mortality during the warm summer of 2015 in Switzerland (Publications)
minimum night-time temperature reached extreme values (+32 and +20 degrees C, respectively), with 31.0% extra deaths for periods of three days or more. CONCLUSIONS: Heat during summer 2015 was associated
Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands (Publications)
bovines. Single blood-meal sources by An. gambiae s.s. from humans were 26.5 %, 8.2 % from bovines and 2.0 % from goats. Mixed blood-meal sources by An. gambiae s.s. identified included: 24.5 % human/goat, 10
Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: a systematic review (Publications)
India and northern Thailand, respectively. Mortality reports vary widely around a median mortality of 6.0% for untreated and 1.4% for treated scrub typhus. Limited evidence suggests high mortality in complicated
Impact of malaria interventions on child mortality in endemic African settings: comparison and alignment between LiST and Spectrum-Malaria model (Publications)
among other interventions, on malaria infection prevalence, case incidence and mortality in children 0-4 years, 5-14 years of age and adults. Spectrum-Malaria uses statistical models fitted to simulations
Screening of the 'Open Scaffolds' collection from<em> Compounds Australia</em> identifies a new chemical entity with anthelmintic activities against... (Publications)
"coiled" xL3 phenotype (IC50 = 3.46-5.93 muM), inhibited motility of fourth-stage larvae (L4s; IC50 = 0.31-12.5 muM) and caused considerable cuticular damage to L4s in vitro. When tested on other parasitic
Retrospective active case finding in Cambodia: an innovative approach to leprosy control in a low-endemic country (Publications)
2012-2015. Migration (8.4%), death (6.7%), operational issues (1.6%) and unidentified other issues (16.0%) were the main reasons for non-traceability. A total of 17,134 contacts of traced index patients (average:
Effect of immediate initiation of antiretroviral treatment on the risk of acquired HIV drug resistance (Publications)
initiation, 3.1% (2.7,3.3) for initiation with CD4 cell count less than 500 cells/mul, and 2.8% (2.5,3.0) for initiation with CD4 cell count less than 350 cells/mul. In analyses restricted to individuals with
How elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in the Kingdom of Cambodia was achieved (Publications)
assessment surveys. These found that less than 1% of school children had antigenemia in 2010, which fell to 0% in both 2013 and 2015. A separate survey in one province in 2015 using Brugia Rapid tests to test for
