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
Epidemiology and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis </em>infection in Papua, Indonesia: a molecular diagnostic study (Publications)
infection intensity. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age > /=5 years (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 5.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.7-22.9) was significantly associated with S. stercoralis
Prevalence and time course of acute mountain sickness in older children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3450 meters (Publications)
which was reached through a 2.5-hour train ascent. RESULTS: We found that the overall prevalence of acute mountain sickness during the first 3 days at high altitude was 37.5%. Rates were similar for the
Comparison of the Paracheck-Pf test with microscopy, for the confirmation of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria in Tanzania (Publications)
performance being relatively poor where the test had been stored for 12 months at room temperature (23.5+/-3.5 degrees C). The assay was easy to perform in the field and could clearly be a valuable tool in remote
Evaluation of GenoType((R)) MTBDRplus for the rapid detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ghana (Publications)
using only MTBDRplus. RESULTS: Respectively 43 (8.2%) and 8 (1.5%) isolates were resistant to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP), while 8 (1.5%) were multidrug-resistant. In resistant isolates, mutations
Meta-analysis of dense genecentric association studies reveals common and uncommon variants associated with height (Publications)
surpassing the conventional genome-wide significance threshold (p < 5 x 10(-8)). Common variants with minor allele frequencies greater than 5% were observed to be associated with height in 37 previously reported
Psychiatric disorders, suicidality, and personality among young men by sexual orientation (Publications)
statistical significance, and the odds ratio for suicide attempt was halved (OR=5.10, 95% CI 2.57-10.1; AOR=2.42, 95% CI 1.16-5.02). There are noteworthy differences in personality traits by sexual orientation
Insufficient fruit and vegetable intake in a low- and middle-income setting: a population-based survey in semi-urban Tanzania (Publications)
A daily intake of 5 portions of fruit and vegetables (FV) is recommended for protection against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Inadequate FV intake is a global problem but resource-poor countries like [...] participants did not meet the recommended daily FV intake While only a fraction consumed fruits daily (15.5%), almost half consumed vegetables daily (44.2%). However, the median (IQR) number of vegetable portions
Use of antibody tools to provide serologic evidence of elimination of <em>Lymphatic filariasis</em> in the Gambia (Publications)
= 599) was also tested for antibodies to Bm14 by ELISA. Overall, the prevalence of Wb123 was low (1.5%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-2.1%). In 7 of 15 villages (46.7%), there were no Wb123-positive [...] positive responses to Wb123 ranged in age from 3 to 100 years. Overall, Bm14 prevalence was also low (1.5%, 95% CI 0.7-2.8%). Bm14 positivity was significantly associated with older age (P < 0.001). The low