Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 drug resistance during the 3-month World Health Organization-recommended enhanced adherence counseling... (Publications)
31 of 57 (54.4%) before to 36 of 57 (63.2%) after EAC. Median susceptibility scores dropped from 0.5 (interquartile range [IQR] = 0.25-) to 0.25 (IQR = 0.25-1) during the EAC period (P = .16). Conclusions:
Increased impact of air pollution on lung function in preterm versus term infants: the BILD study (Publications)
of PM10 and FeNO differed between moderate to late preterm [3.4 (-0.1, 6.8) ppb] and term [-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) ppb] infants, the interaction with prematurity was significant (pprematurity x PM10 interaction
Scoping future outbreaks: a scoping review on the outbreak prediction of the WHO Blueprint list of priority diseases (Publications)
outbreaks. RESULTS: Out of 3959 articles identified, we included 58 articles based on inclusion criteria. 5 major prediction methods emerged; the most frequent being spatio-temporal risk maps predicting outbreak
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in household members and other close contacts of COVID-19 cases: a serologic study in canton of Vaud, Switzerland (Publications)
simple hygiene rules like hand washing (aOR, 1.80; 95% CI, 1.02-3.17). The risk was lower when more than 5 people outside home were met during semiconfinement, compared with none (aOR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.16-0.74)
Characterization of the population pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in adults infected with <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: support for a fixed-dose... (Publications)
body weight. High clearance was found in the infected adults (4.47 L/h [95% confidence interval 3.63-5.39] for a 70 kg individual) compared with that previously reported for healthy adults. Model-based
Cancer in HIV-positive and HIV-negative adolescents and young adults in South Africa: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
(aOR 2.12, 95% CI 1.69 to 2.66) and anogenital cancers other than cervix (aOR 2.73, 95% CI 1.27 to 5.86) than AYAs without HIV. About 44% (n=1062) of AYAs with HIV-related cancers had not been tested for
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared to ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in adolescents infected with <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
lumbricoides and hookworm). Potential effects of the treatment regimens on follow-up prevalences of STH at 5-6 weeks and 3 months post-treatment and pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic parameters will also be assessed
Treatment strategies for nitroimidazole-refractory giardiasis: a systematic review (Publications)
data was conducted with pooling of data for interventions. KEY FINDINGS: Included in this review were 5 prospective studies, 3 retrospective studies, 7 case series and 9 case reports. Across these reports
Pathogens that cause acute febrile illness among children and adolescents in Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Sudan (Publications)
is poorly understood. METHODS: Blood samples taken from study participants with acute fever (> /=37.5 degrees C) or a history of fever and recruited into the previous Typhoid-Fever-Surveillance-in-Africa
Validation of a human-serum-based <em>in vitro </em>growth method for drug screening on juvenile development stages of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
similar in size as in vivo worms until 28 days of incubation (males 1.4 +/- 0.2 mm, females 1.1 +/- 0.5 mm long). qPCR analysis revealed similar gender distribution both on newly transformed schistosomula