Elimination of schistosomiasis mekongi from endemic areas in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic: current status and plans (Publications)
based on mass drug administration resulted in strong advances, and prevalence was reduced to less than 5% according to stool microscopy. Even so, transmission continues unabated, and the true number of infected
Association between ambient air pollution and diabetes mellitus in Europe and North America: systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
varied across studies. Dose-response effects were not reported. Meta-analyses of three studies on PM2.5 (particulate matter
Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets (Publications)
s.d. of the risk score ( approximately 6 alleles) (95% confidence interval) = 1.24 (1.20-1.27), P = 5.05 x 10-49), and we observed a 3.7-fold difference in COPD risk between individuals in the highest and
Western European land use regression incorporating satellite- and ground-based measurements of NO2 and PM10 (Publications)
10km, altitude, and distance to sea. We explore models with and without satellite-based NO2 and PM2.5 as predictor variables and we compare two available land cover datasets (global; European). Model p
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
(KIULARCO) in Ifakara, Tanzania from 2007-2011. This analysis included data of 3068 patients over a 5-year period. Of these subjects, 1997 (66.9%) were female, median age was 37 (interquartile range [IQR]
Controlled human malaria infection of Tanzanians by intradermal injection of aseptic, purified, cryopreserved <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>... (Publications)
PfSPZ groups geometric mean days from injection to Pf positivity by thick blood film was 15.4 versus 13.5 (P = 0.023). Alpha-thalassemia heterozygosity had no apparent effect on infectivity. PfSPZ Challenge
Indole and benzimidazole bichalcophenes: synthesis, DNA binding and antiparasitic activity (Publications)
rhodesiense, a model that mimics the acute stage of African sleeping sickness, at a low dose of 4 x 5 mg/kg i.p. and hence 7c is more potent in vivo than pentamidine.
Sexual violence as a risk factor for family planning-related outcomes among young Burundian women (Publications)
to have sexual intercourse was 26.1%. Young women who had experienced sexual violence (ever) were 2.5 times more likely not to have used any modern contraceptives in the 12 months preceding the survey.
Rabies awareness and dog ownership among rural northern and southern Chadian communities − analysis of a community-based, cross-sectional household... (Publications)
high compared to the north (2.7 vs. 1.3, respectively). This translates into a dog:human ratio of 1:5.2 in the south and 1:16.4 in the north. Only 76% of the respondents had heard of rabies. Respondents
A prospective, open-label, randomized trial of doxycycline versus azithromycin for the treatment of uncomplicated murine typhus (Publications)
patient in each treatment group withdrew. Treatment failure risk was greater following regimen A3 (22.5%, 16/71) compared to D3 (4.2%, 3/71) or D7 (1.4%, 1/71)(p