Cancer diagnostic service use in people living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
in PLHIV diagnosed in females 70.9% [n = 46,313]. Of all the PLHIV and cancer, 25% (n = 16,364 p < 0.001) sought treatment outside their province of residence with 60.7% (n = 10,235) travelling to Gauteng
Occupational exposure to malaria, leishmaniasis and arbovirus vectors in endemic regions: a systematic review (Publications)
miners, 9% (10); farmers, 5% (6); rubber tappers and missionaries, 1.8% (2) each; and forest workers, 0.9% (1). Risk of exposure was categorised into round-the-clock or specific times of day/night dependent
Norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort... (Publications)
AGE cases (5.2% of those tested) were identified at an incidence of 1.1 per 100 person-weeks (95% CI: 0.7; 1.7). NoV-positive samples belonged mostly to genogroup GII (18, 85.7%); None of the 13 samples sequenced
Tafenoquine following G6PD screening versus primaquine for the treatment of vivax malaria in Brazil: a cost-effectiveness analysis using a... (Publications)
of using tafenoquine after G6PD screening as compared to usual practice (7-day low-dose primaquine (0.5 mg/kg/day) without G6PD screening) in Brazil using a 10-year time horizon with 5% discounting considering
Ambient air pollution exposure and cerebral white matter hyperintensities in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis in the Three-City Montpellier... (Publications)
years before MRI acquisition was 24.3 (IQR: 1.7) μg/m3 for PM2.5, 48.9 (14.6) μg/m3 for NO2, and 2.66 (0.60) 10-5/m for BC. We found no significant association between exposure to the three air pollutants
Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
only to districts where malaria-endemicity was classified as low or very low (adjusted odd ratio = 7.0, 95% confidence interval: 1.9-25.5). Among travellers to the mainland, 110/378 (29%) never or only sometimes
Impact of a multi-disease integrated screening and diagnostic model for COVID-19, TB, and HIV in Lesotho (Publications)
304(94.7%) reported to be healthy. Of the individuals that were newly diagnosed with HIV or TB, 18/24(75.0%) and 46/51(90.1%) started treatment within 28 days of the diagnosis. This screening and diagnostic
Co-infection of the four major <em>Plasmodium </em>species: effects on densities and gametocyte carriage (Publications)
co-infection was 1.38 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09, 1.67) for all parasites and 1.37 (95% CI: 0.95, 1.79) for gametocytes. This excess co-infection risk was partially attributable to malaria infections
Drug sensitivity of clinical isolates of<em> Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>and its association with bacterial genotype in the Somali region, eastern... (Publications)
Shared International Type (SIT) 149 was significantly associated with either monoresistance or MDR (p < 0.05). Of the 177 isolates tested by Xpert, 6.2% (11/177) were RIF-resistant. Discordant between Xpert
Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland (Publications)
hesitant providers had adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for being VH = 6.6 (95% confidence interval (CI), 3.1-14.0) and AOR = 31.3 (95% CI 16.8-58.3), respectively. Across all vaccine uptake endpoints, children of
