Egg excretion patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans following albendazole-ivermectin and albendazole treatment (Publications)
and 22 when using egg counts as outcome and days 19 and 24 when using qPCR. Specificity was high (> 0.9) from day 14 onwards. For hookworm, the highest sensitivity and specificity rates were found at days
Evaluation of c-reactive protein and computer-aided analysis of chest x-rays as tuberculosis triage tests at health facilities in Lesotho and South... (Publications)
respectively. At thresholds corresponding to 90% sensitivity, specificity was 68.2% (95% CI: 65.4-71.0%) and 38.2% (95% CI: 35.3-41.1%) for CAD4TBv7 and CRP, respectively. CAD4TBv7 detected tuberculosis
Europe-wide high-spatial resolution air pollution models are improved by including traffic flow estimates on all roads (Publications)
cross-validation result showed our estimates overall captured variations in AADT between road types (R2 = 0.82). Our result showed variability in AADT within and between road types, documenting the benefit of
Simultaneous alleviation of verification and reference standard biases in a community-based tuberculosis screening study using Bayesian latent class... (Publications)
standard (CRS) of Xpert Ultra and culture. Through simulation with an overall true prevalence of 2.0%, we evaluated the ability of the models to alleviate both biases simultaneously. RESULTS: Based on
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding routine immunization coverage in India through Intensified Mission Indradhanush (Publications)
million from an immunization program perspective and increased vaccine delivery by an estimated 2.2 (-0.5 to 4.8) million doses over a 12-month period, averting an estimated 1,413 (-350 to 3,129) deaths.
Egg excretion patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans following albendazole-ivermectin and albendazole treatment (Publications)
and 22 when using egg counts as outcome and days 19 and 24 when using qPCR. Specificity was high (> 0.9) from day 14 onwards. For hookworm, the highest sensitivity and specificity rates were found at days
Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a... (Publications)
hospitals comprises three conditions: treatment as usual (TAU) without screening for distress (phase 0), TAU with screening but without consequences (phase I, main comparator) and TAU with screening and
Aircraft noise exposure and risk for recurrent cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome: a prospective patient cohort study (Publications)
L(den) aircraft noise exposure was 48.1 dB. Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for recurrence was 1.24 (95%-CI: 0.97-1.58) per 10 dB increase in L(den) aircraft noise exposure. A combined analysis of recurrence and
Prevalence and predictors of <em>Aspergillus</em> seropositivity and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a... (Publications)
117 (59.4%) and dyspnea 90 (45.7%). Current or past TB infection {aOR 3.52, 95% CI (1.46, 8.97); p = 0.005} was an independent predictor of Aspergillus seropositivity and CPA. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We
Case-control study of individuals with discrepant nucleocapsid and spike protein SARS-CoV-2 IgG results (Publications)
improved to 96.5% with minimal effect on specificity if the index threshold was lowered from 1.4 to 0.6. CONCLUSION: Real-world concordance between different serologic assays may be lower than previously
