Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) IV: epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin) (Publications)
were 2.6%, 9.0% and 2.5%, respectively. In the health facility surveys the malaria infection rates in presenting fever cases were 0% (under one year old), 6.8% (one to five years old), 0% (> five to 15 [...] 15 years old) and 0.9% (over 15 years old), while these rates in the control group were 1.4%, 2.8%, 1.3% and 2.0%. The malaria-attributable fractions among presenting fever cases were 0.04 in the one to [...] 1% used an insecticide-treated net, which was shown to be protective for an...
Concentrations of urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and 8-isoprostane in women exposed to woodsmoke in a cookstove intervention study in San Marcos,... (Publications)
8-OHdG (r=0.29, p=0.01, n=80). Subjects' real-time personal CO exposures were negatively associated with 8-OHdG, particularly the maximum 30-second CO exposure during the sampling period (r=-0.32, p=0.001, [...] oxidative stress biomarkers ranged from 11.2 to 2270.0?g/g creatinine (median: 132.6?g/g creatinine) for 8-OHdG and from 0.1 to 4.5?g/g creatinine (median: 0.8?g/g creatinine) for 8-isoprostane among all study [...] integrated personal PM2.5 was negatively, but marginally associated...
High blood pressure and long-term exposure to indoor noise and air pollution from road traffic (Publications)
were 0.75 and 0.23, respectively. The indoor noise model provided more consistent findings both for Lnight [per 5 dB(A)]: OR (hypertension) = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.13; beta (SBP) = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.29, 1 [...] and NO2 (per 10 microg/m3): OR (hypertension) = 1.16, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.36; beta (SBP) = 1.23, 95% CI: 0.21, 2.25; beta (DBP) = 0.56, 95% CI: -0.03, 1.14). The indoor noise-SBP association was stronger and
The basic reproductive ratio of Barbour's two-host schistosomiasis model with seasonal fluctuations (Publications)
seasonal fluctuations was proposed. The implicit expression of R 0 for the model was given by the spectral radius of next infection operator. The R 0 s for the model ranged between 1.030 and 1.097 from 2003 to [...] afterwards. In addition, we proved that the disease goes into extinction when R 0 is less than one and persists when R 0 is greater than one. Comparisons of the different improved models were also made [...] improved by considering seasonality. The implicit formula of R 0 for the...
Change in nutritional status of urban slum children before and after the first COVID-19 wave in Bangladesh: a repeated cross-sectional assessment (Publications)
fathers slightly declined from 99% to 95% (beta = -0.04; 95% CI:-0.05, -0.02). Average HAZ among the slum children improved 0.13 SD (95% CI: 0.003, 0.26). Among non-migrant children in Tongi, the odds [...] odds of stunting increased (OR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.16, 3.48) and average WHZ reduced -0.40 SD (95% CI: -0.74, -0.06). Despite great economic hardship, and differential patterns of representativeness by household
Association between community noise and children's cognitive and behavioral development: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
each 10 dB increase was associated with a 0.52 SD increase in behavioral problems (95% CI: 0.28; 0.77) and a 0.27 SD decrease in cognition (95%-CI: 0.55; 0.00). Results for Lnight above 60 dB were similar [...] difficulties score (OR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.04; 1.68) and 0.72 standard deviation (SD) increase in the CBCL total problems z-score (95% CI: 0.55; 0.88). No cross-sectional association was found for cognitive
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) IV: epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin) (Publications)
were 2.6%, 9.0% and 2.5%, respectively. In the health facility surveys the malaria infection rates in presenting fever cases were 0% (under one year old), 6.8% (one to five years old), 0% (> five to 15 [...] 15 years old) and 0.9% (over 15 years old), while these rates in the control group were 1.4%, 2.8%, 1.3% and 2.0%. The malaria-attributable fractions among presenting fever cases were 0.04 in the one to [...] 1% used an insecticide-treated net, which was shown to be protective for an...
Concentrations of urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and 8-isoprostane in women exposed to woodsmoke in a cookstove intervention study in San Marcos,... (Publications)
8-OHdG (r=0.29, p=0.01, n=80). Subjects' real-time personal CO exposures were negatively associated with 8-OHdG, particularly the maximum 30-second CO exposure during the sampling period (r=-0.32, p=0.001, [...] oxidative stress biomarkers ranged from 11.2 to 2270.0?g/g creatinine (median: 132.6?g/g creatinine) for 8-OHdG and from 0.1 to 4.5?g/g creatinine (median: 0.8?g/g creatinine) for 8-isoprostane among all study [...] integrated personal PM2.5 was negatively, but marginally associated...
High blood pressure and long-term exposure to indoor noise and air pollution from road traffic (Publications)
were 0.75 and 0.23, respectively. The indoor noise model provided more consistent findings both for Lnight [per 5 dB(A)]: OR (hypertension) = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.13; beta (SBP) = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.29, 1 [...] and NO2 (per 10 microg/m3): OR (hypertension) = 1.16, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.36; beta (SBP) = 1.23, 95% CI: 0.21, 2.25; beta (DBP) = 0.56, 95% CI: -0.03, 1.14). The indoor noise-SBP association was stronger and
The basic reproductive ratio of Barbour's two-host schistosomiasis model with seasonal fluctuations (Publications)
seasonal fluctuations was proposed. The implicit expression of R 0 for the model was given by the spectral radius of next infection operator. The R 0 s for the model ranged between 1.030 and 1.097 from 2003 to [...] afterwards. In addition, we proved that the disease goes into extinction when R 0 is less than one and persists when R 0 is greater than one. Comparisons of the different improved models were also made [...] improved by considering seasonality. The implicit formula of R 0 for the...
