Child exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides measured in urine, wristbands, and household dust and its implications for child health... (Publications)
among the three matrices (Rs = −0.12 to 0.35), except for chlorpyrifos in dust and its biomarker 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol in urine (Rs = 0.44). No differences in exposure levels between living locations
Gaussian process emulation to improve efficiency of computationally intensive multidisease models: a practical tutorial with adaptable R code (Publications)
of more complex chronic disease simulation models. One emulator run took 3.00 seconds (95% CI: 1.65-5.28) on a 64-bit operating system laptop with 8.00 gigabytes (GB) of Random Access Memory (RAM), compared
Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage: a direct observation study in referral hospitals in Kenya (Publications)
Interval: 7% - 11%). Health care providers followed all guidelines for PPH risk assessment in 7% (5% - 10%) of observed deliveries and all guidelines for PPH prevention in 4% (3% - 6%) of observed deliveries
Comparison of three copromicroscopic methods to assess albendazole efficacy against soil-transmitted helminth infections in school-aged children on... (Publications)
the same diagnostic methods. All stool samples were divided into two aliquots and one was fixed in 5% formalin and examined using FLOTAC and McMaster approximately 6 months after collection. RESULTS: Using
Mortality among adults transferred and lost to follow-up from antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa: a multicenter cohort study (Publications)
risks regression. RESULTS: Before linkage, 1207 patients (6%) had died, 2624 (13%) were LTF, 1067 (5%) were TFO and 14,583 (75%) were retained. Compared with retained, mortality risk was 3 times higher
Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms, passive smoking, obesity, and heart rate variability in nonsmokers (Publications)
exposure exhibited a 26% lower TP [95% confidence interval (CI), 11 to 39%], versus a reduction of -5% (95% CI, -22 to 17%) in subjects with the gene and the same SHS exposure compared with GSTM1 carriers
Maternal hepatitis B infection burden, comorbidity and pregnancy outcome in a low-income population on the Myanmar-Thailand border: a retrospective... (Publications)
HBsAg+/HBeAg- and 211/11,025 (1.9%) were HBsAg+/HBeAg+. The caesarean section rate was low at 522/8,963 (5.8%). No significant associations were observed between pregnancy comorbidities or adverse pregnancy
Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low- and middle-income countries: further efforts needed for reducing environmental health... (Publications)
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2010 with 40% of this burden concentrated among children under 5 years of age. The highest burden per population of food-borne diseases is found in Africa, followed
Pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of ivermectin in <em>Trichuris trichiura</em>-infected children aged 2-12 years (Publications)
dose-finding trial in rural Cote d'Ivoire, Trichuris trichiura-infected pre-school-aged children (PSAC, 2-5 years) and school-aged children (SAC, 6-12 years) were assigned to 100 or 200 mug/kg and 200, 400 or
Development of HIV drug resistance and therapeutic failure in children and adolescents in rural Tanzania - an emerging public health concern (Publications)
95%CI 0.73 to 0.97] were protective (also in predicting acquired HIV-DRM). At the time of VF, less than 5% of the children fulfilled the WHO criteria for immunologic failure. CONCLUSION: VF rates in children
