Micro-encapsulated pirimiphos-methyl shows high insecticidal efficacy and long residual activity against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in... (Publications)
7) for the first three months, 5.6 (95% CI: 4.4-7.2) for the second three months, and 3.6 (95% CI: 3.0-4.4) for the last six months of follow-up. On mud surfaces, the respective odds ratios were 2.5 (95%
Comparison of community-wide, integrated mass drug administration strategies for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a... (Publications)
and preschool-aged children; adults; and the entire community. Treatment costs were estimated at US$0·74 for school-aged children and $1·74 for preschool-aged children and adults. The incremental cost-
Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: key messages from <em>Disease control priorities 3rd edition</em> (Publications)
would be US$6.2 billion in low-income countries, $12.4 billion in lower-middle-income countries, and $8.0 billion in upper-middle-income countries. With the additional funding, greater focus on high-effect
A genome-wide meta-analysis of genetic variants associated with allergic rhinitis and grass sensitization and their interaction with birth order (Publications)
strongly associated with grass sensitization and weakly with AR (P(grass) = 1.6 x 10(-9); P(AR) = 8.0 x 10(-3)). Variants in a locus near chromosome 11 open reading frame 30 (C11orf30) and leucine-rich
Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project (Publications)
µg/m3 was recorded. No heterogeneity was noted between individual cohort effect estimates (I2 p value=0·95). HRs for PM2·5 remained significantly raised even when we included only participants exposed to
Effect of land-use changes on the abundance, distribution, and host-seeking behavior of <em>Aedes arbovirus</em> vectors in oil palm-dominated... (Publications)
aegypti was the predominant Aedes species, and exhibited high anthropophilic behavior inflicting 93.0% of total biting to humans. The biting rate of Aedes mosquitoes was 34.6 and 7.2-fold higher in polyculture
Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s (Publications)
was found (an An. funestus caught outdoors in Katindiuka-ward by HLC), resulting in overall PfEIR of 0.102 ib/p/yr. Nearly 80% of malaria vectors were from Katindiuka and Mlabani wards. Anopheles gambiae
Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life (Publications)
and use in a dark room was associated with even lower KIDSCREEN-10 score (beta=-1.18, 95% CI [-1.85, -0.52]) compared to no use. CONCLUSIONS: We found consistent associations between night-time SBMD use and
High cure rates and tolerability of artesunate-amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in... (Publications)
(AEs) or serious adverse events (SAEs). RESULTS: Of the 724 patients screened at both sites, 333 (46.0%) were enrolled and 326 (97.9%) either completed the 28/42 days of follow-up, or attained any of the
Predicting openness of communication in families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome: natural language processing analysis (Publications)
backgrounds and could also reliably predict a measure of "openness of communication" (area under the curve=0.72) in the context of genetic cancer risk associated with HBOC. CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that NLP
