Tuberculosis among transhumant pastoralist and settled communities of south-eastern Mauritania (Publications)
TB cases were identified, leading to an overall prevalence of 2.8%, (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.5-4.7%). The prevalence was non-significantly higher among villagers than pastoralists (3.6% vs. 2.0%)
Is there a gender-specific association between asthma and carotid intima media thickness in Swiss adolescents? (Publications)
testing for interaction with gender and age. Of 257 offspring (mean age 15 years, 53% female), 11.5% reported doctor-diagnosed asthma (male 17%, female 7%). Mean CIMT was significantly different by gender
Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the... (Publications)
Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to the species level (complete characterization), and 153 chiggers from 5 genera (Leptotrombidium, Ascoschoengastia, Helenicula, Schoengastiella and Walchia) from Thailand, Cambodia
Associations between key intervention coverage and child mortality: an analysis of 241 sub-national regions of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
the Sustainable Development Goals. Although remarkable progress has been made with respect to under-5 mortality over the last 25 years, little is known regarding the relative contributions of public health
SESOTHO trial ("Switch Either near Suppression Or THOusand") - switch to second-line versus WHO-guided standard of care for unsuppressed patients on... (Publications)
90% power to detect a difference of 35% in viral resuppression between the groups (assuming two-sided 5% alpha error). For our primary analysis, we will use a modified intention-to-treat set, with those lost
Feeding practices and risk factors for chronic infant undernutrition among refugees and migrants along the Thailand-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods... (Publications)
underweight (AOR: 2.26, 95% CI: 1.17, 4.36, p = 0.015) to have increased odds among migrants, while each 5 cm increase in maternal height had decreased odds of stunting (AOR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.38, 0.66, p < 0
Molecular epidemiology and seroprevalence in asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections of Malagasy pregnant women in the highlands (Publications)
respectively. In the mean, 1.2 clones were detected in infected pregnant woman in the highlands and 1.5 at the coast. A higher level of monoclonal infections was found in the highlands (85.4%) compared to
Reasons for prehospital delay in acute ischemic stroke (Publications)
interviewed patients and proxies along a standardized questionnaire. Prehospital delay was defined as > 4.5 hours between stroke onset-or time point of wake-up-and admission. Overall, 336 patients were enrolled
Are out-of-school adolescents at higher risk of adverse health outcomes? Evidence from 9 diverse settings in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
We assessed heterogeneity by gender and study site. RESULTS: Across 7,829 adolescents aged 10-19, 70.5% were in school at the time of interview. In-school adolescents were 14.3% more likely (95% CI: 6-22)
The mitochondrial genomes of the zoonotic canine filarial parasites<em> Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens</em> and <em>Candidatus</em> Dirofilaria... (Publications)
sequences clustered together and were the common sister group to Dirofilaria immitis. Analysis of a 2.5 kb mitochondrial genome fragment from macrofilaria or canine blood samples from Europe (42), Thailand