Determinants of malaria infection among under five children in Gursum district of Somali region, eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
determinants of malaria positivity among U5 children in the Gursum district. CONCLUSION: The study indicates that critical factors contributing to malaria positivity among U5 children in the Gursum district are [...] This study aims to identify the key factors of malaria infection among children under five years (U5) in the Gursum district of Somali region, Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: An institution-based case-control [...] 56-8.21)], living in houses with openings or holes in the walls that...
Air pollution and cardiovascular mortality with over 25 years follow-up: a combined analysis of two British cohorts (Publications)
[95% CI: 0.70-1.92] for PM10 and 1.30 [95% CI: 0.39-4.34] for PM2.5, with largest effects seen in the fourth quartile of BS and PM2.5 compared to the first with HR 1.24 [95% CI: 0.91-1.61] and 1.21 [95% [...] Pollution (ESCAPE), air pollution estimates in 2010-11 were obtained for NO2, NOx, PM10, PMcoarse and PM2.5. The exposure estimates were assigned to place of residence 1989 for participants in a national birth [...] non-significant hazard ratios for CVD mortality were seen with 1991 BS and...
International study of childhood leukemia in residences near electrical transformer rooms (Publications)
were 1.0 (95% CI: 0.5, 1.9) for intermediate and 1.1 (95% CI: 0.3, 3.8) for high exposure in the conditional logistic model. In the mixed logistic model, RRs were 1.4 (95% CI: 0.8, 2.5) for intermediate [...] buildings with built-in electrical transformers. ELF-MF in apartments above built-in transformers can be 5 times higher than in other apartments in the same building. This novel study design aimed to maximize [...] 1.3 (95% CI: 0.4, 4.4) for high. Data of the most influential country showed...
Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)
Preoperatively, 47 (8%) were New York Heart Association class I, 212 (36.5%) were class II, 267 (46%) were class III, and 55 (9.5%) were class IV. Preoperative comorbidities were coronary artery disease [...] encountered. Overall survival at 10 years is AVR, 84.7% +/- 3.1%, AVR plus coronary artery bypass, 67.5% +/- 8.2%; MVR, 59.8% +/- 7.1%, MVR plus coronary artery bypass, 39% +/- 27.8%; and DVR, 74.3% +/- 10% [...] valve thrombosis, 0.04% per patient-year; thromboembolism, 1.1% per...
Elimination of schistosomiasis transmission in Zanzibar: baseline findings before the onset of a randomized intervention trial (Publications)
in school children and adults was 4.3% (range: 0-19.7%) and 2.7% (range: 0-26.5%) in Unguja, and 8.9% (range: 0-31.8%) and 5.5% (range: 0-23.4%) in Pemba, respectively. Heavy infections were detected in [...] various institutions and stakeholders have joined forces to eliminate urogenital schistosomiasis within 5 years. We report baseline findings before the onset of a randomized intervention trial designed to assess
Bovine tuberculosis at a cattle-small ruminant-human interface in Meskan, Gurage region, central Ethiopia (Publications)
(CI: 5.4-8.5%) with 100% herd prevalence. Only three small ruminants (2 sheep and 1 goat) were reactors. The overall individual prevalence in small ruminants (> 2 mm cut-off) was 0.4% (CI: 0.03-5.1%) with [...] were all PPD negative. 83% of the owners kept their sheep and goats inside their house at night and 5% drank regularly goat milk.FNAs were taken from 33 TBLN suspected cases out of a total of 127 screened
Infection and co-infection with helminths and <em>Plasmodium</em> among school children in Côte d'Ivoire: results from a national cross-sectional... (Publications)
. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Complete parasitological and questionnaire data were available for 5,104 children aged 5-16 years. 26.2% of the children were infected with any helminth species, whilst the prevalence [...] of Plasmodium infection was 63.3%. STH-Plasmodium co-infection was detected in 13.5% and Schistosoma-Plasmodium in 5.6% of the children. Multinomial regression analysis revealed that boys, children aged
Residual antimalarials in malaria patients from Tanzania - implications on drug efficacy assessment and spread of parasite resistance (Publications)
mefantrine (4 ng/mL), 77 (52.0%) sulfadoxine (0.5 ng/mL), 15 (10.1%) pyrimethamine (0.5 ng/mL), 16 (10.8%) quinine (2.5 ng/mL) and none chloroquine (2.5 ng/mL). CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of patients
A cohort study of survival following discharge from hospital in rural Tanzanian children using linked data of admissions with community-based... (Publications)
surveillance were used to describe post-discharge mortality and survival probability in children aged < 5 years, by age group and cause of admission. Cox regression models were developed to identify risk factors [...] RESULTS: Between March 2003 and March 2007, demographic surveillance included 28,910 children aged 0 to 5 years and among them 831 (3%) were admitted at least once to the district hospital. From all the children [...] years and 1381 deaths were observed in 24 months of follow up....
Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania (Publications)
of the study team. Ten thousand six hundred fifty (10,650) patients were tested with RDTs, and 51.5% (5,488/10,650) had a positive test result. Blood smear results were available for 3,914 patients, of [...] for P. falciparum malaria. Overall RDT sensitivity was 90.7% (range by facility 85.7-96.5%) and specificity was 73.5% (range 50.0-84.3%). Sensitivity increased with increasing parasite density. Successful
