Barriers and facilitators to enrollment and re-enrollment into the community health funds/Tiba Kwa Kadi (CHF/TIKA) in Tanzania: a cross-sectional... (Publications)
status (AOR = 2.0, 95% CI 1.1-3.8) and family size (household with > /= 6 members) (AOR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.5), were significant factors associated with enrollment/re-enrollment rate. CONCLUSIONS: This
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of environmental management for malaria control (Publications)
tuning of the environmental management strategies to achieve a high level of performance. Within 3-5 years, malaria-related mortality, morbidity and incidence rates were reduced by 70-95%. Over the entire [...] costs per death and malaria attack averted were US$ 858 and US$ 22.20, respectively. Over the initial 3-5 years start-up period, analogous to the short-duration of cost-effectiveness analyses of current studies
Different contribution of interleukin-6 and cortisol activity to total plasma fibrin concentration and to acute mental stress-induced fibrin formation (Publications)
47+/-8 years) underwent the Trier Social Stress Test combining a 3-min preparation phase, a 5-min job interview and 5-min mental arithmetic test before an audience. IL-6, fibrinogen, D-dimer and cortisol were
Antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial activities of flavonoids and their analogues: in vitro, in vivo, structure-activity relationship, and... (Publications)
avone (IC50s, 0.5 microg/ml) and catechol (IC50, 0.8 microg/ml). The activity against T. cruzi was moderate, and only chrysin dimethylether and 3-hydroxydaidzein had IC50s less than 5.0 microg/ml. The
Correlates and outcomes of posttransplant smoking in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (Publications)
Ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed for correlates/outcomes investigated > /= 5 times. RESULTS: Seventy-three studies (43 in kidney, 17 in heart, 12 in liver, 1 in lung transplantation) [...] plant cardiovascular disease (OR 1.41, 95%CI 1.02-1.95), nonskin malignancies (OR 2.58, 95%CI 1.26-5.29), a shorter patient survival time (OR 0.59, 95%CI 0.44-0.79) and higher odds of mortality (OR 1.74
Long-term air pollution and traffic noise exposures and mild cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Heinz Nixdorf... (Publications)
noise were associated with overall MCI and aMCI. For example, an interquartile range increase in PM2.5 and a 10 dB(A) increase in LDEN were associated with overall MCI (odds ratio (95% confidence interval)=1 [...] respectively). In two-exposure models, AP and noise associations were attenuated (i.g., for aMCI: PM2.5 1.13 (0.98, 1.30) and LDEN 1.46 (1.11, 1.92)). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term exposures to air pollution and
Community-based surveillance to monitor mortality in a malaria-endemic and Ebola-epidemic setting in rural Guinea (Publications)
table proportional mortality decreased by 26.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 13.9-33.1, P < 0.001) in the program area and by 6.6% (95% CI = -17.3-30.5, P = 0.589) in Koundou. Sixty-eight deaths were
Effects of hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 on serum creatinine concentration and development of acute kidney injury in nonazotemic cats (Publications)
cohort received a mean volume of 98.5 +/- 76.2 mL/kg (range, 8-278 mL/kg) HES over a median of 4 (range, 1-11) days, resulting in a median dose of 20.1 (range, 8-40.5) mL/kg per day. Short-term %change
Efficacy and safety of ascending dosages of tribendimidine against hookworm infections in children: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
dose. The ERRs (geometric mean) were 30.6% (95% CI, -24.7-64.1, 65.4% (95% CI, 24.5-85.9), 82.1% (95% CI, 58.4-92.5) and 92.2% (95% CI, 81.0-97.1) for placebo, 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg tribendimidine
Safety and efficacy of C-reactive protein-guided antibiotic use to treat acute respiratory infections in Tanzanian children: a planned subgroup... (Publications)
0.06, 0.040.09). There were fewer secondary hospitalizations and deaths in the CRP arm: 0.5% (4/865) versus 1.5% (13/854, RR 0.30, 0.100.93). Conclusions: CRP testing using a high cut-off, combined with