Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
form of praying for healing were positively associated with anticipated OCV acceptance if costs of USD 5 were assumed. Conversely, respondents who feared negative social implications of cholera were less likely [...] respondents who generated their income through fishing. With an increase of assumed costs to USD 10.5, fear of financial constraints was negatively associated as well. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest a high
Sequence conservation in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> á-helical coiled coil domains proposed for vaccine development (Publications)
promising immunological results 5 of these peptides were selected for further analysis. Direct sequencing of field samples from Papua New Guinea and Tanzania showed that 3 out of these 5 peptides were completely
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Niger: cost effectiveness of school based and community distributed mass drug administration (Publications)
large scale schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths control programme targeting children aged 5-14 years and adults. In two years 4.3 million treatments were delivered in 40 districts using school [...] Differences at sub-district are more marked. This is partly explained by the fact that a CDD treats 5.8 people for every one treated in school. The range in cost effectiveness for both direct and direct
Evaluation of farm-level parameters derived from animal movements for use in risk-based surveillance programmes of cattle in Switzerland (Publications)
METHODS: A framework was developed to select farms for surveillance based on a risk score summarizing 5 parameters. The proposed framework was validated using data from the bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) s [...] parameters. Different cut offs; 50, 90, 95 and 99 %, were explored. The final scores ranged between 0 and 5. Validation of the scores against results from the BVD surveillance programme 2013 gave promising results
Discrepancy in plasma melarsoprol concentrations between HPLC and bioassay methods in patients with <em>T. gambiense</em> sleeping sickness indicates... (Publications)
samples were obtained before the first melarsoprol injection, immediately after and at 1 h, 24 h and 5 days after the 4th injection. Urine was collected before melarsoprol therapy and at 24 h after the 4th [...] as HPLC assays but at 1 h they were 4-65-fold higher than the levels assessed by HPLC. Even 24 h and 5 days after the 4th injection there was significant but decreasing activity. Urine levels were 40-260-fold
Aerobic and lung performance in premature children with and without chronic lung disease of prematurity (Publications)
effects of chronic lung disease of infancy (CLD) versus prematurity (PRE) without CLD in children 5 to 7 years old who were born prematurely (24-30 weeks of gestation) with very low and extremely low [...] iction (EIB) was more prevalent among the 2 premature groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our children 5 to 7 years old born at VLBW or ELBW, with or without CLD, have some degree of pulmonary dysfunction
Characterization of source-specific air pollution exposure for a large population-based Swiss cohort (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
METHODS: We evaluated total and traffic-specific particulate matter < 10 and < 2.5 microm in aero-dynamic diameter (PM(10), PM(2.5)), nitrogren dioxide, and nitrogen oxide concentrations predicted by Gaussian
Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis (Publications)
population if country-level schistosomiasis prevalence estimates are considered, and 81.5 million treatments (50% CI: 67.3-107.5 million) if estimation is based on a more refined spatial scale at the provincial
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya (Publications)
inspection and serology (k = 0.025; p = 0.2797). The prevalence of taeniosis was estimated as 2.5% (95% CI 0.8-5.6%) by microscopy. A backwards elimination logistic regression analysis indicated that the grazing
How important is the angle of tilt in the WHO cone bioassay? (Publications)
degrees (OR 3.3, 95 % CI 1.7-6.3, p = 0.001), 60 degrees (OR 3.1, 95 % CI 1.7-5.9, p < 0.001) and 90 degrees (OR 6.0, 95 % CI 1.9-18.5, p = 0.002) as compared to 0 degrees . CONCLUSION: The angle at which the
