Treatment with human growth hormone in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome reduces body fat and increases muscle mass and physical performance (Publications)
drop in weight for height from 3.8 SD to 1.2 SD. Hand length increased from -1.5 SD to -0.4 SD and foot length from -2.5 SD to -1.4 SD. Body fat, measured by dual X-ray energy absorptiometry, dropped by
Hepatitis-A-Ausbruch in einem Kindergarten (Publications)
Among 147 persons examined, 20 clinical cases of hepatitis A were diagnosed (9 adults, 11 children), 5 more children were unapparently infected. The hepatitis A virus was imported by an adult who contracted [...] phase, 11 persons were affected, 6 of them children from the kindergarten. The second phase involved 5 adults and another child from the kindergarten. The hygienic measures undertaken in the kindergarten
Air pollution and lung function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
particles (PM(2.5)) were measured in 2000/2001 using central monitors. RESULTS: Despite sufficient statistical power no significant associations were found between city-specific annual mean PM(2.5) and average
Evaluation of pet contact as a risk factor for carriage of multidrug-resistant staphylococci in nursing home residents (Publications)
staphylococci (aOR, 0.5; 95% CI, 0.4-0.8). Antibiotic treatment during the previous 3 months was associated with significantly increased risk for MDR carriage in residents (aOR, 3.1; 95% CI, 1.8-5.7). CONCLUSIONS:
Identification of the asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> gametocyte reservoir under different transmission... (Publications)
parasites and gametocytes were quantified by qPCR and RT-qPCR assays using the same methodologies in 5 cross-sectional surveys involving 16,493 individuals in Brazil, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon [...] predictor of the probability to detect gametocytes. In moderate transmission settings (prevalence by qPCR> 5%), parasite density decreased with age and the majority of gametocyte carriers were children. In low
Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental... (Publications)
well as adult mortality. RESULTS: Average distance to the nearest healthcare facility declined from 5.5 km before to 2.8 km after opening of four new healthcare facilities in targeted villages. No improvement
“The Magic Glasses Philippines”: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a health education package for the prevention of intestinal worm infections... (Publications)
knowledge and behaviour scores in the intervention group were, respectively, 5·3 (95% confidence interval [CI]:4·2single bond6·5; p=
Bayesian risk mapping and model-based estimation of <em>Schistosoma haematobium </em>- <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> co-distribution in Côte... (Publications)
from a national, cross-sectional survey conducted between November 2011 and February 2012. More than 5,000 children in 92 schools across Cote d'Ivoire participated. Bayesian geostatistical multinomial models [...] FINDINGS: We estimated that 8.9% of school-aged children in Cote d'Ivoire are affected by schistosomiasis; 5.3% with S. haematobium and 3.8% with S. mansoni. Approximately 2 million annualized praziquantel treatments
Efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of 1,2,4-trioxolane OZ78 against an experimental infection with <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> in sheep (Publications)
t(max) were 13.7+/-6.1mug/ml and 0.9+/-0.4h, respectively. The alpha and beta half-lives were 4.5+/-4.3h and 56.5+/-36h, respectively and the mean AUC was 219.1+/-74mugmin/ml. Further studies are needed to
Predictors and overestimation of recalled mobile phone use among children and adolescents (Publications)
duration of calls was not significantly different for controls compared to cases (OR=1.1, 95%-CI: 0.5 to 2.5 and OR=1.9, 95%-CI: 0.85 to 4.3, respectively). However, likelihood to overestimate was associated