Disentangling associations between multiple environmental exposures and all-cause mortality: an analysis of European administrative and traditional... (Publications)
percentile) NDVI levels [pooled HRs: 1.054 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.030-1.079) vs. 1.038 (95% CI 0.964-1.118)]. A similar pattern was observed for NO(2). The CRI of air pollutants (PM(2.5) or NO(2))
An assessment of knowledge and hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers at Dodoma Regional Referral hospital (Publications)
after touching the surroundings exemplified by mobile phonesHH action before aseptic procedure269Yes6Yes0Yes1No157No41No641634165The overall hand hygiene compliance was 2.6%Figure 1.The results above show the
Decentralization of viral load testing to improve HIV care and treatment cascade in rural Tanzania: observational study from the Kilombero and Ulanga... (Publications)
results was 21 days (IQR 13-39) at the on-site versus 59 days (IQR 27-99) at the referral laboratory (p < 0.001) with PLHIV receiving the HVL results after a median of 91 days (IQR 36-94; similar for both la
Association between exposure to multiple air pollutants, transportation noise and cause-specific mortality in adults in Switzerland (Publications)
per 5 microg/m(3) PM(2.5), 1.050 (1.041, 1.059) per 10 microg/m(3) NO(2), 1.057 (1.048, 1.067) per 0.5 x 10(-5)/m BC and 1.045 (1.040, 1.049) per 10 dB Lden total transportation noise. NO(2), BC, Cu, Fe
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sexual commitment rate variation among clinical isolates and diverse laboratory-adapted lines (Publications)
mean sexual commitment rates for most ranged from 4.7% to 13.4%, a few had lower rates with means from 0.3 to 1.6%, and one with a nonfunctional ap2-g gene always showed zero commitment. Among a subset of
Long-term exposure to fine particle elemental components and mortality in Europe: results from six European administrative cohorts within the ELAPSE... (Publications)
robust to PM2.5 or NO2 adjustment [pooled HRs (95% CI) per 50ng/m(3) in K: 1.025 (1.008, 1.044), 1.020 (0.999, 1.042) and per 100ng/m(3) in Si: 1.121 (1.039, 1.209), 1.068 (1.022, 1.117) adjusted for PM2.5
An autoencoder and artificial neural network-based method to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes from near-infrared spectra (Publications)
Muleba-Burkina-GA with out-of-sample accuracies of 81.9+/-2.8 (N = 274), 68.7+/-4.8 (N = 43), 80.3+/-2.0 (N = 48), and 75.7+/-2.5 (N = 91), respectively. With the autoencoder, ANN models tested on out-of-sample
Multiparasitism and intensity of helminth infections in relation to symptoms and nutritional status among children: a cross-sectional study in... (Publications)
. Hookworm and Opisthorchis viverrini were the predominant helminth species with prevalences of 51.0% and 43.3%, respectively. The prevalence of Schistosoma mekongi in the surveyed children was 5.6%. Multiple
The cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in Sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
cost per episode averted for IPTi-SP was very low, USD 1.36-4.03 based on trial specific data and USD 0.68-2.27 based on the pooled analysis. For IPTi using alternative antimalarials, the lowest cost per
Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam (Publications)
respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of RDTs using expert microscopy as reference were 97.0% and 96.8%. The positivity rate of routine microscopy remained the same in the three control facilities:
