Accuracy of malaria diagnosis by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test, and PCR methods and evidence of antimalarial overprescription in non-severe... (Publications)
PCR, we identified 26 malaria cases out of 336 (7.7%) patients. Microscopy and RDT accuracies were 93.5% and 97.6%, respectively. Overprescription and underdiagnosis rates were 29.3% and 30.8%, respectively
Evaluation of ethnobotanically selected Benin medicinal plants for their in vitro antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
plants showed antiplasmodial activity below 10 microg/ml. Nine extracts exhibited IC50 values below 5 microg/ml towards one or both of the two strains. The most active extract towards the sensitive 3D7
Measuring exposure to <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in China. III. Activity diaries, snail and human infection, transmission ecology and options for... (Publications)
snails in this area are focal and were found in only five of the 12 zones, with the highest rate being 5.7%. Thirty-one subjects (17%) were re-infected with a mean intensity of 63.2 epg. Mean water contact
A single dose of Sildenafil does not enhance FeNO: a randomised, cross-over and placebo-controlled study (Publications)
elevated NO-values if they had taken any selective inhibitor of the cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase Type 5 as Sildenafil prior to the test
Bayesian model averaging in time-series studies of air pollution and mortality (Publications)
effects from short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants has received increased scrutiny in the past 5 yr. Recently, Bayesian model averaging (BMA) has been applied to allow for uncertainty about model form
Diagnosis of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> infection with handheld light microscopy in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
collected from 104 individuals, handheld microscopy revealed a sensitivity of 70.6% and a specificity of 89.5% for O. viverrini infection. Pearson's correlation for quantitative fecal egg counts between the two
Laboratory findings, compassionate use of favipiravir, and outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease, Guinea, 2015 - a retrospective observational... (Publications)
case fatality rate in favipiravir-treated patients was lower than in untreated patients (31/73 [42.5%] vs. 52/90 [57.8%], p = 0.053 in univariate analysis). In the multivariate regression analysis, higher
Data on <em>Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona</em> infection in meat workers in New Zealand (Publications)
against Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona in Meat Workers in New Zealand" (Pittavino et al., 2017) [5]. A prospective cohort study was conducted in four sheep slaughtering abattoirs in New Zealand (NZ)
Synthesis of jacaranone-derived nitrogenous cyclohexadienones and their antiproliferative and antiprotozoal activities (Publications)
CCRF-CEM leukemia, HCT-116 colon cancer, U251 glioblastoma, and, in addition, non-tumorigenic MRC-5 lung fibroblasts. Antiproliferative activities at micromolar concentrations could be shown. Antiprotozoal
Ukrainian-Swiss Mother and Child Health Programme, 2011- 2015 (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/ukrainian-swiss-mother-and-child-health-programme-2011-2015
infant mortality decreased in 1.5-2.5 times, and the percent of physiological deliveries increased twice. On a country level, Ukraine declared the achievement of MDG 4 and 5 in the end of 2013. Target Groups
