Health-related quality of life among school children with parasitic infections: findings from a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
848 children aged 5-16 years revealed Plasmodium spp., hookworm, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichuris trichiura prevalences of 75.0%, 17.2%, 5.7%, 3.7%, 1.8%,
Lifelong exposure to air pollution and greenness in relation to asthma, rhinitis and lung function in adulthood (Publications)
Individual mean annual residential exposures to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), black carbon (BC), ozone (O3) and greenness (normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)) were averaged [...] rhinitis, adulthood exposures seemed to be most important. Childhood and adolescence exposures to PM2.5 and O3 were associated with lower lung function, in particular FEV1 (range ORs 2.65 to 4.21). No as
Bayesian geostatistical modelling of high-resolution <em>NO</em>2 exposure in Europe combining data from monitors, satellites and chemical transport... (Publications)
to near ground NO2 concentration proxies using simulations from the 3-D global CTM (GEOS-Chem) at 0.5 degrees x 0.625 degrees spatial resolution and surface-to-column NO2 ratios. Simulations from the Ensemble [...] in 2016, 16.17 (95% C.I. 6.34-29.96) million people in Europe, representing 2.97% (95% C.I. 1.16% - 5.50%) of the total population, were exposed to levels above the EU directive and WHO air quality guidelines
Epidemiology of brucellosis and Q fever in linked human and animal populations in northern Togo (Publications)
seropositivity amongst village cattle (9.2%, 95%CI:4.3-18.6%) and transhumant cattle (7.3%, 95%CI:3.5-14.7%), with an absence of seropositive small ruminants. Exposure of livestock and people to C. burnetii [...] greater livestock contact and a significantly higher seroprevalence than other ethnic groups (Fulani: 45.5%, 95%CI:37.7-53.6%; non-Fulani: 27.1%, 95%CI:20.6-34.7%). Appropriate diagnostic test cut-off values
Tribendimidine and albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths, <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and <em>Taenia</em> spp.: open-label... (Publications)
efficacy of a single oral dose of albendazole or tribendimidine (both drugs administered at 200 mg for 5- to 14-year-old children, and 400 mg for individuals > /=15 years) against soil-transmitted helminths [...] tribendimidine, the prevalence of S. stercoralis was reduced from 19.3% to 8.8% (observed cure rate 54.5%, p = 0.107), and that of Taenia spp. from 26.3% to 8.8% (observed cure rate 66.7%, p = 0.014). Similar
Ziehl-neelsen staining technique can diagnose paragonimiasis (Publications)
appeared brownish-reddish in ZNS and were detected in 6 of 263 archived ZNS slides corresponding to 5 patients. One hundred sputum samples from 43 patients were examined with three techniques, which revealed [...] Sensitivity per slide of the FECT, ZNS and the WF technique was 84.6 (p = 0.48), 76.9 (p = 0.25) and 61.5% (p = 0.07), respectively. Percentage of fragmented eggs was below 19% and did not differ between techniques
Comparative genomics of the anopheline glutathione s-transferase epsilon cluster (Publications)
analysis and protein modelling gave evidence for positive selection on codons of the catalytic site in GSTE5 albeit its origin seems to predate the introduction of chemical insecticides. Gene expression profiles [...] World Cellia subgenus, instead of a secondary loss. The modifications of the catalytic site within GSTE5 may represent adaptations to new habitats
Determinants of virological failure and antiretroviral drug resistance in Mozambique (Publications)
III/IV [OR = 2.10 (95% CI = 1.23-3.57), P = 0.003] and low ART adherence [OR = 2.69 (95% CI = 1.39-5.19), P = 0.003] were associated with virological failure. Longer time on ART [OR = 1.55 per additional [...] clinical and immunological outcomes, only achieved 29% sensitivity and misdiagnosed 1 out of every 4.5 subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Public health programmes in Mozambique should focus on early HIV diagnosis, early
Perceived illness drives participation in mass deworming campaigns in Laos (Publications)
(19/21). Most leaders (20/21) had a good knowledge on severe schistosomiasis though only a few of them (5/21) described its cause correctly. They knew little about the disease consequences of liver fluke (3/21) [...] fish (100%), frequent physical contacts with Mekong River water (76.0%) and low number of latrines (14.5%). In conclusion, MDA is widely accepted in affected communities. Avoiding severe schistosomiasis was
Estimation of historical daily airborne pollen concentrations across Switzerland using a spatio temporal random forest model (Publications)
variables and fill in missing values. We applied a random forest machine learning model with 5-fold cross-validation. The 5th-99th percentiles for concentrations of hazel, alder, birch, ash, and grass pollen at