Comparison of the trapping efficacy of locally modified gravid <em>Aedes</em> trap and autocidal gravid ovitrap for the monitoring and surveillance of... (Publications)
and grass infusion did not significantly differ in trapping gravid mosquitoes (OR = 0.91, [95% CI: 0.77-1.07], p = 0.250). The use of ITN improved mosquito recapture from 11% to 70% in the SFS. The same [...] collected when using 4× GATs relative to BGS-captured gravid mosquitoes 64 vs. 58 (IRR = 0.82, [95% CI: 0.35-1.95], p = 0.658) and showed no density dependence. Deployment of multiple yeast-baited GAT lined [...] nulliparous (65% vs. 49%, OR = 2.22, [95% CI: 1.89-2.60], p < 0.001) and...
Comparison of the trapping efficacy of locally modified gravid <em>Aedes</em> trap and autocidal gravid ovitrap for the monitoring and surveillance of... (Publications)
and grass infusion did not significantly differ in trapping gravid mosquitoes (OR = 0.91, [95% CI: 0.77-1.07], p = 0.250). The use of ITN improved mosquito recapture from 11% to 70% in the SFS. The same [...] collected when using 4× GATs relative to BGS-captured gravid mosquitoes 64 vs. 58 (IRR = 0.82, [95% CI: 0.35-1.95], p = 0.658) and showed no density dependence. Deployment of multiple yeast-baited GAT lined [...] nulliparous (65% vs. 49%, OR = 2.22, [95% CI: 1.89-2.60], p < 0.001) and...
Prediction of live body weight using length and girth measurements for pigs in rural western Kenya (Publications)
42 +/- 17.0 kg, respectively. Models for the young, market-age, and breeding-age pigs were weight = 0.18 (length) + 0.36 (girth) - 16, weight = 0.39 (length) + 0.64 (girth) - 48, and weight = 0.36 (length) [...] (length) + 1.02 (girth) - 74, respectively. A single prediction model for weight = 0.25 (length) + 0.56 (girth) - 32 was also developed. Weight predicted by the models was a more accurate estimate than that
Rapid appraisal of human intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren in Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
(OR)=0.69, p=0.022); tap water was borderline protective (OR=0.56, p=0.057). Children of the richest families were at a lower risk of an E. vermicularis infection than the poorest ones (OR=0.41, p=0.011) [...] Sharing the bed with more than one person was a risk factor for E. vermicularis infection (OR=2.0, p=0.002). Based on the results, it has been concluded that targeted efforts to control intestinal helminths
Density interactions among <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae</em> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in the nasopharynx of young... (Publications)
11-3.17, P < 0.001) and qPCR (OR 1.95-1.97, P < 0.01). The densities of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae, measured by qPCR, were positively correlated (correlation coefficient 0.32, P < 0.001). A negative [...] presence of S. pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in carriage with both culture (OR 0.45, P = 0.024) and qPCR (OR 0.61, P < 0.05). The impact of density on detection by culture and the observed density-related
Identification of fungal candidates for asthma protection in a large population based study (Publications)
hypothesis-driven approach Penicillium chrysogenum emerged with an odds ratio of 0.80 (95%-confidence interval 0.66-0.96; p=0.020). The effect size was changed by 39% towards the null when adjusting for the [...] additional band (containing DNA of Pseudotaeniolina globosa) with reduced risk of asthma (OR=0.80 [0.66-0.96], p=0.012). CONCLUSIONS: A large population based study revealed several fungal taxa with inverse
Visual and motor evoked potentials in the course of multiple sclerosis (Publications)
(rho > or = 0.6, P < or = 0.01). When the latencies of VEP and MEP were combined using the sum of their Z scores, correlation with the EDSS was even more significant (rho > or = 0.6, P < 0.001). Changes [...] cal data and EDSS were also correlated (rho = 0.43, P < 0.05). Moreover, VEP and MEP at baseline correlated with the EDSS after 2 years (rho = 0.43,P = 0.03). Reliable prediction of the course of multiple
Multiple myeloma risk in relation to long-term air pollution exposure: a pooled analysis of four European cohorts (Publications)
ratios (95% confidence interval) of 0.99 (0.84, 1.16) per 10 μg/m³ NO(2), 1.04 (0.82, 1.33) per 5 μg/m³ PM(2.5), 0.99 (0.84, 1.18) per 0.5 10(-5) m(-1) BCE, and 1.11 (0.87, 1.41) per 10 μg/m³ O(3). CONCLUSIONS:
The effects of an oil and wheat flour fortification program on pre-school children and women of reproductive age living in Côte d'Ivoire, a... (Publications)
consumed, RBP increased by 0.37 mumol/L (p = 0.03). In WRA, there was no significant VAD in the population (0.7%). Anemia was found in 92.2% of rural and 56.3% of urban PSC (p < 0.001). PSC with access to [...] concentrations 15.7 g/L higher than those who did not (p < 0.001). Hb levels increased by +0.238 g/L per mg/kg increase in iron fortification levels (p < 0.001). The national program fortifying vegetable oil
Semisynthetic derivatives of perovskone: development of a promising class of antiprotozoal lead compounds (Publications)
showing an IC(50) value of 0.89 μM and a selectivity index (SI) of 14.9. Perovskone I (4) and perovskone G (2) exhibited potent activity against P. falciparum (IC(50) values of 0.03 and 0.08 μM, respectively) [...] ), with favorable SIs of 843.0 and 80.0, comparable to those of chloroquine and artemisinin. Perovskone M (8) displayed promising antileishmanial activity (IC(50) = 0.44 μM, SI = 22), comparable to the [...] the efficacy of miltefosine against L. donovani (IC(50) = 0.51 μM). We...
