Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis (Publications)
weight was estimated at 0.1927 (median 0.1956) with a 95% uncertainty interval (UI) of 0.1632-0.2378 using the additive approach, and 0.1791 (median 0.1816) with a 95% UI of 0.1530-0.2182 using the multiplicative
A novel multiple-instance learning-based approach to computer-aided detection of tuberculosis on chest x-rays (Publications)
retraining, our MILbased system significantly outperformed the supervised one (0:86 vs. 0:79 and 0:91 vs. 0:85, p < 0:0001 and p = 0:0002, respectively) [...] annotations were available, the supervised system was not much better than our MILbased method (0:88 vs. 0:86). Thus, the proposed approach achieved highly competitive results without resorting to lesionlevel
Allomonal effect of breath contributes to differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (Publications)
TE collected more mosquitoes than the control (P = 0.005 and P < 0.001, respectively), as did his BO and the control versus his BR (P < 0.001 and P = 0.034, respectively). The TE of P1 attracted more mosquitoes [...] designated P8 (P < 0.021), whereas the BR of P8 attracted more mosquitoes than the BR of P1 (P = 0.001). The attractiveness of the BO of P1 versus the BO of P8 did not differ (P = 0.346). The BO from either [...] either individual was consistently more attractive than the TE from...
Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Q-fever in southeast Ethiopian pastoral livestock (Publications)
burnetii using ELISA. The seroprevalences of Brucella was 1.4% (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.8-2.6), 0.9% (95% CI, 0.3-2.7)b and 9.6% (95% CI, 5.2-17.1) in cattle, camels and goats, respectively. Goats and [...] and (OR=1.7 95% CI, 0.9-2.9), respectively. Out of 98 RBPT negative camel sera, 12.0% were positive for ELISA. The seroprevalences of C. burnetii were 31.6% (95% CI, 24.7-39.5), 90.0% (95% CI, 81.8-94.7) [...] species. Being camel and older animal was a risk factor for infection...
Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania (Publications)
p = 0.040). Moreover, S. mansoni infection was associated with lower sputum bacterial load (aOR 2.63, 95% CI: 1.38-5.26, p = 0.004) and tended to have fewer lung cavitations (aOR 0.41, 95% CI: 0.12-1 [...] hookworm (9.0%, 87) and Schistosoma mansoni (5.7%, 55). An infection with any helminth was not associated with TB (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.88-1.80, p = 0.22), but S [...] 12-1.16, p = 0.088). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: S. mansoni infection was an...
Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis (Publications)
weight was estimated at 0.1927 (median 0.1956) with a 95% uncertainty interval (UI) of 0.1632-0.2378 using the additive approach, and 0.1791 (median 0.1816) with a 95% UI of 0.1530-0.2182 using the multiplicative
Discrepancy in reporting of perioperative complications: a retrospective observational study (Publications)
recording was high (intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.89 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.86, 0.91) for intraoperative and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.85, 0.90) for postoperative complications). In 320 patients
Application of land use regression modelling to assess the spatial distribution of road traffic noise in three European cities (Publications)
Model performance (adjusted R2) was 0.66-0.87 for "GIS-only" models, and 0.70-0.89 for "Best" models. Short-term noise measurements showed a high correlation (r=0.62-0.78) with noise estimates from the standard
Farming environments and childhood atopy, wheeze, lung function, and exhaled nitric oxide (Publications)
transient wheeze (adjusted odds ratio, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.64-0.96), and on the prevalence of current wheeze among nonatopic subjects (adjusted odds ratio, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.32-0.63). There was no farm effect on lung
Development of atopic dermatitis according to age of onset and association with early-life exposures (Publications)
item introduced, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.65-0.88). The introduction of yogurt in the first year of life also reduced the risk for atopic dermatitis (adjusted odds ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.23-0.73). CONCLUSION: As
