The complex relationship of exposure to new <em>Plasmodium</em> infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
individual (Pv-molFOB=0-36) and village levels. Pf- and Pv-molFOB were strongly associated with clinical episode risk. Yearly Pf clinical incidence rate (IR=0.28) was higher than for Pv (IR=0.12) despite lower [...] acquired equal numbers of new P. falciparum (Pf) and Pv blood-stage infections/year (Pf-molFOB=0-18, Pv-molFOB=0-23) resulting in comparable spatial and temporal patterns in incidence and prevalence of infections
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
The complex relationship of exposure to new <em>Plasmodium</em> infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
individual (Pv-molFOB=0-36) and village levels. Pf- and Pv-molFOB were strongly associated with clinical episode risk. Yearly Pf clinical incidence rate (IR=0.28) was higher than for Pv (IR=0.12) despite lower [...] acquired equal numbers of new P. falciparum (Pf) and Pv blood-stage infections/year (Pf-molFOB=0-18, Pv-molFOB=0-23) resulting in comparable spatial and temporal patterns in incidence and prevalence of infections
Adherence to the management of type i diabetes among Palestinian patients in Nablus city: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
non-adherence to administering insulin on time. Age (r = 0.29, P < 0.05), A1C (r = 0.21, P < 0.05), sex (P < 0.05), and patient educational level (P < 0.05) were significantly related to adherence score. Adherence
Assessing the association between air pollution and child development in São Paulo, Brazil (Publications)
association between NO2 and children's cognitive development (beta -0.05, 95% CI [-0.20; 0.10]) or behavioural problems (beta 0.02, 95% CI [-0.80; 0.12]). CONCLUSION: No association between child cognition or
Effectiveness of four different interventions against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in a seasonal transmission setting of Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster... (Publications)
in the biannual MDA, compared to the standard treatment arm (0.6% vs. 7.5%; odds ratio [OR] = 0.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02 to 0.24). The prevalence in arms 2 and 4 was about 3.5%, which was [...] was not statistically significantly different from the standard strategy (both ORs 0.4, 95% CI = 0.1 to ~1.8). New cases of infection were still observed in all arms at study end. CONCLUSIONS: Biannual MDA
Fluctuating temperature modifies heat-mortality association around the globe (Publications)
with increments in TV, accounting for 0.70% (95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.33 to 1.69), 1.34% (95% CI: -0.14 to 2.73), 1.99% (95% CI: 0.29-3.57), and 2.73% (95% CI: 0.76-4.50) of total deaths for Q1-Q4 [...] TV, while the lowest AFs were observed in North America, with the values for Q4 of 1.74% (95% CI: -0.09 to 3.39). TV had a significant modification effect on the heat-mortality association, causing a higher
Prevalence of stunting and relationship between stunting and associated risk factors with academic achievement and cognitive function: a... (Publications)
stunted (95% CI: 7.6–10.8%). Low dietary diversity (β = 0.13, p = 0.004), food insecurity (β = −0.12, p = 0.034), and stunting (β = −0.13, p = 0.031) were associated with poorer end of the year results
