Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool (Publications)
At baseline FECPAKG2 revealed a sensitivity of 75.6% (72.0-77.7) for detecting A. lumbricoides, 71.5% (67.4-95.3) for hookworm and 65.8% (64.9-66.2) for T. trichiura, which was significantly lower (all
Dog-assisted therapy in neurorehabilitation of children with severe neurological impairment: an explorative study (Publications)
at an inpatient neurorehabilitation center. The dataset included 196 children and adolescents (Md = 5.50, 0.58-20.33 years) suffering from severe neurological impairments (disorders of consciousness in
A simple, rapid typing method for<em> Streptococcus agalactiae </em>based on ribosomal subunit proteins by MALDI-TOF MS (Publications)
analysed. Over 84% (143/171) noninvasive carriage GBS strains from patients were readily typed into 5 globally dominant rsp-profiles. Among GBS strains from food animals, over 90% (57/63) of fish and 13%
Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: a case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana (Publications)
95%CI [0.46, 0.84]; p = 0.002) compared to male neonates; neonates with low birth weight (4.02 [2.92, 5.53]) and extreme low birth weight (18.9 [10.9, 32.4]) were at a higher risk of still birth (p
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4-15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that
MMP-1 and -3 promoter variants are indicative of a common susceptibility for skin and lung aging: results from a cohort of elderly women (SALIA) (Publications)
(MMP-1) 2G (rs1799750) or the MMP-3 6A (rs3025058) allele but not in homozygous carriers of the 1G or 5A allele. Thus, skin and lung aging are linked in carriers of the 2G or 6A allele. These alleles appear
Drug resistance-conferring mutations in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
region. RESULTS: Phenotypic drug susceptibility tests showed 15.7% resistance to at least one drug and 5.2% multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. Rifampicin resistant strains had the rpoB mutations D516F, D516Y or
Molecular genotyping in a malaria treatment trial in Uganda - unexpected high rate of new infections within 2 weeks after treatment (Publications)
for linear trend). Unexpected high new infection rates were observed early in follow-up on days 7 [5/26 (19.2%)] and 14 [24/51 (47.1%)]. These results impact significantly on resistance monitoring and
Prominence of symptoms and level of stigma among depressed patients in Calcutta (Publications)
Calcutta, and met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV criteria for a major depressive episode. Only 5 patients (17.2%) identified sadness as the most troubling problem, and 48.3% specified pains and other
Mass screening and treatment on the basis of results of a <em>Plasmodium</em> <em>falciparum</em>-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce... (Publications)
(95% confidence intervals: 0.1-0.3%) in both rounds compared to a PCR positivity (all species) of 2.5% (2.1-2.9%) and 3.8% (3.2-4.4%) in rounds 1 and 2, respectively. Two fifths (40%) of infections detected
