Gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria following treatment with artemisinin combination therapy: a systematic... (Publications)
CI, 1.00-1.60; P = 0.054) and slower with DP (AHR, 0.74; 95 % CI, 0.63-0.88; P = 0.001) compared to AL. Both recrudescent (adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 9.05; 95 % CI, 3.74-21.90; P < 0.001) and new (AOR, [...] (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR), 2.03; 95 % CI, 1.24-3.12; P = 0.005 compared to AL) and AS-AQ fixed dose combination (FDC) (AHR, 4.01; 95 % CI, 2.40-6.72; P < 0.001 compared to AL). Among individuals who had gam [...] 3.03; 95 % CI, 1.66-5.54; P < 0.001) infections with asexual-stage...
Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania (Publications)
20.4-27.0%). The significantly higher prevalence of helminth infections at the urban site (25.7% vs. 17.3%, P = 0.018) was predominantly driven by Strongyloides stercoralis (17.0% vs. 4.8%, P < 0.001) and [...] 37 years vs. 34 years, P = 0.003), had a lower median body mass index (17.5 kg/m(2) vs. 18.5 kg/m(2), P < 0.001), a higher proportion of recurrent TB cases (9% vs. 1%, P < 0.001), and in HIV/TB co-infected [...] co-infected patients a lower median CD4 cell counts (147 cells/mul vs. 249...
If you can't measure it- you can't change it - a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural... (Publications)
p < 0.0001) with the dimensions: use of clinical guidelines (34,18%; p < 0.0336); Infection control (23,61%; p < 0.0001). Marked improvements were found in the domains 'Clinical Care' (10.08%; p = 0.0108) [...] 0108), 'Management' (13.10%: p < 0.0001), 'Interface In/out-patients' (13.87%; p = 0.0246), and in total (14.64%; p < 0.0001). Exemplarily drilling down the domain 'clinical care' significant improvements [...] ts were observed in the dimensions 'Antenatal...
Gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria following treatment with artemisinin combination therapy: a systematic... (Publications)
CI, 1.00-1.60; P = 0.054) and slower with DP (AHR, 0.74; 95 % CI, 0.63-0.88; P = 0.001) compared to AL. Both recrudescent (adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 9.05; 95 % CI, 3.74-21.90; P < 0.001) and new (AOR, [...] (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR), 2.03; 95 % CI, 1.24-3.12; P = 0.005 compared to AL) and AS-AQ fixed dose combination (FDC) (AHR, 4.01; 95 % CI, 2.40-6.72; P < 0.001 compared to AL). Among individuals who had gam [...] 3.03; 95 % CI, 1.66-5.54; P < 0.001) infections with asexual-stage...
Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania (Publications)
20.4-27.0%). The significantly higher prevalence of helminth infections at the urban site (25.7% vs. 17.3%, P = 0.018) was predominantly driven by Strongyloides stercoralis (17.0% vs. 4.8%, P < 0.001) and [...] 37 years vs. 34 years, P = 0.003), had a lower median body mass index (17.5 kg/m(2) vs. 18.5 kg/m(2), P < 0.001), a higher proportion of recurrent TB cases (9% vs. 1%, P < 0.001), and in HIV/TB co-infected [...] co-infected patients a lower median CD4 cell counts (147 cells/mul vs. 249...
If you can't measure it- you can't change it - a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural... (Publications)
p < 0.0001) with the dimensions: use of clinical guidelines (34,18%; p < 0.0336); Infection control (23,61%; p < 0.0001). Marked improvements were found in the domains 'Clinical Care' (10.08%; p = 0.0108) [...] 0108), 'Management' (13.10%: p < 0.0001), 'Interface In/out-patients' (13.87%; p = 0.0246), and in total (14.64%; p < 0.0001). Exemplarily drilling down the domain 'clinical care' significant improvements [...] ts were observed in the dimensions 'Antenatal...
Rabies surveillance-response in Mali in the past 18 years and requirements for the future (Publications)
tested positive using the DFA test. The cumulative incidence of canine rabies was estimated at 0.371 [95% CI: 0.336-0.408] / 10'000 dogs. The highest incidence was observed in Bamako, the capital of Mali, with [...] cumulative incidence of 2.242 [95% CI: 2.001-2.504] / 10'000 dogs, followed by Koulikoro with 0.335 [95% CI: 0.258-0.429] / 10'000 dogs. For other areas far from LCV, the cumulative incidence was low, with [...] average of 12.6 [95% CI: 8.7-16.5] deaths per year. This...
Immunogenicity and adverse effects of inactivated virosome versus alum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccine: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
concentrations at days 0, 14 and at 12 months were similar in the two vaccine groups. Lower antibody concentrations were recorded with IRIV-HAV at day 28 (P < 0.0001) and at 13 months (P = 0.02). Seroconversion [...] reported in 17% with IRIV-HAV but in 66% with Al-HAV (P < 0.0001) after the initial vaccination and in 32% and 42% following the booster vaccination (P = 0.05). In conclusion, IRIV-HAV may provide similar protection
The temporal pattern of mortality responses to ambient ozone in the APHEA project (Publications)
mug/m(3) increase in O(3) was associated with 0.36% (95%CI: -0.21, 0.94) increase in respiratory deaths for lag 0 and with 3.35% (95% CI: 1.90, 4.83) for lags 0-20. We also found significant adverse health
Annoyance caused by noise and air pollution during pregnancy: associated factors and correlation with outdoor NO2 and benzene estimations (Publications)
the two variables were moderately correlated (0.606). Significant correlations between NO2 and annoyance from air pollution (0.154) and that from noise (0.181) were observed. Annoyance owing to noise and [...] using a scale from 0 (none) to 10 (strong and unbearable); a level of 8 to 10 was considered high. The reported prevalence of high annoyance levels from air pollution was 11.2% and 15.0% from noise; the
