The Mini-FLOTAC technique for the diagnosis of helminth and protozoan infections in humans and animals (Publications)
This protocol is an extension to: Nat. Protoc. 5, 503-515 (2010); doi: 10.1038/nprot.2009.235; published online 25 February 2010The FLOTAC is a sensitive, accurate, and precise technique for the diagnosis
<em>Schistosoma</em>, other helminth infections, and associated risk factors in preschool-aged children in urban Tanzania (Publications)
we conducted a 12-month prospective study among tuberculosis (TB)-exposed children under the age of 5 years and unexposed controls from neighboring households. At the time of recruitment, we collected medical
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
interest included incidence and severity of diarrhoea, measured daily during a follow-up period of 5 months. The exposure of interest was vitamin-D status at enrolment. RESULTS: Normal-weight and underweight
Poor validity of noninvasive hemoglobin measurements by pulse oximetry compared with conventional absorptiometry in children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Noninvasive Hb measurements were attempted in 191 children 2-15 years of age and obtained in 102 (53.5%) children. The median Hb for the 102 children was 12.0 g/dL (interquartile range [IQR] = 11.3-12.7
Testing for <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>: time trends in positivity rates in the canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (Publications)
SUMMARY National health statistics report a 2·5-fold increase in laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) cases over the last decade in Switzerland where no CT screening programme exists. We obtained
Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian wildlife (Publications)
animals (23%) were positive for BTB by RT; acid-fast bacilli were cultured from 29 of 89 animals (32.5%). None of the positive cultures yielded mycobacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex but
Combining synthetic human odours and low-cost electrocuting grids to attract and kill outdoor-biting mosquitoes: field and semi-field evaluation of an... (Publications)
susceptibility to pyrethroids. MLBs with three grids were also tested in a large semi-field cage (9.6x9.6x4.5m), to assess effects on biting-densities of laboratory-reared Anopheles arabiensis on volunteers sitting
Dose-response relationships and tegumental surface alterations in <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> following treatment with mefloquine in vivo and in... (Publications)
vitro incubation. A single oral dose of 300-mg/kg mefloquine resulted in worm burden reductions of 88.5% (juvenile infection) and 96.0% (adult infections), respectively. Incubation with 10 and 100 microg/ml
Anemia in tuberculosis cases and household controls from Tanzania: contribution of disease, coinfections, and the role of hepcidin (Publications)
was associated with more severe TB symptom scoring (coefficient 0.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5-1.2) and higher mycobacterial load (0.7, 95% CI 0.4-1.0). Hepcidin was higher in TB cases and controls
Concurrently measured concentrations of atmospheric mercury in indoor (household) and outdoor air of Basel, Switzerland (Publications)
Basel, Switzerland. Average Hg concentrations ranged from 2.0 to 10.8 ng m–3 indoors and from 1.8 to 2.5 ng m–3 outdoors. These results reveal that households are a net source of Hg to the urban atmosphere