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
Detection of second line drug resistance among drug resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> isolates in Botswana (Publications)
isolates analyzed, 33 (58%) were MDR-TB, 4 (7%) were additionally resistant to flouroquinolones and 3 (5%) were resistant to both fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs. The most common fluoroquinolone
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis sequelae after treatment: a follow-up study 12 years after treatment (Publications)
were compared to before and immediately after treatment and to controls matched for sex and age (+/-5 years). In first stage HAT patients, the prevalence of all signs and symptoms decreased compared to
Spatio-temporal modelling of routine health facility data for malaria risk micro-stratification in mainland Tanzania (Publications)
parts of Tanzania. Approximately 11.7 million people lived in areas where malaria TPR was very low ( < 5%; 90% certainty). HF data can be used to identify different epidemiological strata and guide malaria
Recent advances on social determinants of mental health: looking fast forward (Publications)
on mental health outcomes. In this overview, the authors discuss the recent research, from the past 5 years, on advances made in SDOH work. SDOH frameworks and theories have expanded to include more social
Subjective burden of government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions in Switzerland: evidence from the 2022 LINK Covid-19 survey (Publications)
private parties (CHF 4520 [3811, 5229]). We estimate that between March 2020 and February 2022 a total of 5.7 Million QALYs were lost due to light, moderate and severe restrictions imposed by the governments
A comparative study of the efficacies of chloroquine and a pyrimethamine-dapsone combination in clearing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia... (Publications)
three days, or Maloprim (6.25 mg pyrimethamine + 50 mg dapsone for children under 10 years, and 12.5 mg pyrimethamine + 100 mg dapsone for children 10 or more years old) as a single dose. Children were
Raw sap consumption habits and its association with knowledge of nipah virus in two endemic districts in Bangladesh (Publications)
the previous sap collection season and 37% consumed raw sap at least once per month. Few respondents (5%) heard about NiV. Thirty-seven percent of respondents reported hearing about a disease transmitted
Host specificity of <em>Haemonchus </em>spp. for domestic ruminants in the savanna in northern Ivory Coast (Publications)
in goats and in cattle, respectively. In the populations examined, triple infections occurred in 11.5% of zebu-cattle and 29% of the taurine-cattle. Considering the intensities of infections, H. contortus
Clinical aspects of 2541 patients with second stage human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
malnutrition is significantly more frequently observed in children of all ages (43-56%) than in adults (23.5%)
