Safety and immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants (Publications)
S/AS02D vaccine against first infection with P. falciparum malaria was 65.2% (95% CI, 20.7 to 84.7; P=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The use of the RTS,S/AS02D vaccine in infants had a promising safety profile, did
PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in 21 European study centres of ECRHS II: annual means and seasonal differences (Publications)
correlation between annual NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations is fair (Spearman correlation coefficient rs ΒΌ 0:75), but when considered as monthly means the correlation is far less consistent and varies substantially
Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and associated risk factors: cross-sectional and case-control studies (Publications)
for attrition and sensitivity varied between sites: 7.8 per 1000 people (95% CI 7.5-8.2) in Kilifi, 7.0 (6.2-7.4) in Agincourt, 10.3 (9.5-11.1) in Iganga-Mayuge, 14.8 (13.8-15.4) in Ifakara, and 10.1 (9.5-10
Comparative performance of three experimental hut designs for measuring malaria vector responses to insecticides in Tanzania (Publications)
huts, three West African huts, and three Ifakara huts were compared using Olyset((R)) and Permanet 2.0((R)) versus untreated nets as a control. Outcomes measured were mortality, induced exophily (exit rate)
Stakeholders' opinions and questions regarding the anticipated malaria vaccine in Tanzania (Publications)
malaria vaccine. Acceptance varied significantly according to religion, occupation, tribe and region (p < 0.001). Ninety two percent reported that they will accept the malaria vaccine despite the need to continue
The incidence and differential seasonal patterns of <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>primary infections and relapses in a cohort of children in Papua New... (Publications)
12.3) for a three-year old child per year and the mean number of relapses per infection to be 4.3 (4.0, 4.6) over 16 months. The peak incidence of relapses occurred in the two month interval following the
Evaluation of a urine pooling strategy for the rapid and cost-efficient prevalence classification of schistosomiasis (Publications)
and 30.8% when POC-CCA trace results were considered negative. The modeled specificity ranged from 94.0-97.7% for the urine pooling strategies (when POC-CCA trace results were considered negative). The urine
Experience and lessons from health impact assessment guiding prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in a copper mine project, northwestern Zambia (Publications)
workers have taken up HTC with an increase over time. The HIV positivity rate in the community was 3.0% in 2012 and 3.4% in 2015, while positivity rate in the workforce was 5.2% in 2013 and 4.3% in 2015
Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic (Publications)
21% (19/91) did neither. Four RDTs (4/52; 8%) were positive: 2 in low-risk and 2 in high-risk areas (0.7% attack rate of self-documented malaria). Two travellers could not perform the test correctly and
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and hookworm co-infection: spatial distribution and determinants in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Publications)
risk at non-surveyed locations. RESULTS: Of the 2576 participants included in the study, 48.6% and 49.0% were infected with S. stercoralis and hookworm, respectively; 43.8% of the cases were co-infections
