Prevalence of wheezing and atopic diseases in Austrian schoolchildren in conjunction with urban, rural or farm residence (Publications)
exposure showed a lower risk for W12 (odds ratios (OR) = 0.3; 95 %; confidence interval (CI) 0.2-0.5), dd-asthma (OR = 0.4; 95 % CI 0.2-0.9) and dd-hay fever (OR 0.2; 95 % CI 0.1-0.4). The protective effect
Assessment of the novel T-cell activation marker-tuberculosis assay for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: a prospective proof-of-concept... (Publications)
probable tuberculosis, in whom M tuberculosis was not isolated. The median time to diagnosis was 19ยท5 days (IQR 14-45) for culture. INTERPRETATION: The sputum-independent TAM-TB assay is a rapid and accurate
Environmental and mucosal microbiota and their role in childhood asthma (Publications)
diversity in mattress dust samples as determined by richness (p=8.1 * 10-6 ) and Shannon index (p=1.3 * 10-5 ). Despite considerable agreement of richness between mattress and nasal samples, the association of
Ten-year trends of syphilis in sero-surveillance of pregnant women in Rwanda and correlates of syphilis-HIV co-infection (Publications)
more frequently in both rural (aOR = 3.64 [95% CI: 1.56%-8.51%]) and urban areas (aOR = 7.26 [95% CI: 5.04%-10.46%]). Older participants (25-49 years) residing in urban areas (aOR = 0.43[95% CI: 0.32%-0.58%])
Personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure measurements in Swiss adolescents (Publications)
8%). WLAN at school and at home had little impact on the personal measurements (WLAN accounted for 3.5% of total personal measurements). According to the dose calculations, exposure from environmental sources
A bundle of services increased ascertainment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected individuals enrolled in a HIV cohort in rural sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
ascertainment were identified:poor clinical condition at baseline (Hazard Ratio (HR) 3.89, 95% CI 2.87-5.28), WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 (HR 2.48, 95% CI 1.88-3.26), being antiretroviralnaive (HR 2.97, 95%
Previous exposure in a high-risk area for travellers' diarrhoea within the past year is associated with a significant protective effect for... (Publications)
than 3 weeks compared to less than 2 weeks is also associated with a significantly increased risk (OR 5.45). Having stayed in a high-risk area for travellers' diarrhoea within the past year before the current
Malaria prevention strategies and recommendations, from chemoprophylaxis to stand-by emergency treatment: a 10-year prospective study in a Swiss... (Publications)
from 2% to 61% for artemether-lumefantrine. CP prescription for travellers to India fell from 62% to 5% and SBET prescription increased from 40% to 88% after the change of recommendation from CP to SBET
Relative performance of indoor vector control interventions in the Ifakara and the West African experimental huts (Publications)
with > 4-fold higher mosquito exit relative to the West African huts (odds ratio 4.18, 95% CI: 3.18-5.51, P < 0.0001), regardless of treatment. While blood-feeding rates were significantly higher in the
The recurrent campylobacteriosis epidemic over Christmas and New Year in European countries, 2006-2014 (Publications)
of a multiple of the observed notification rates in the weeks before or after the peak e.g. up to 6.5 notifications per 100,000 population per week in Luxembourg. Disease onset of cases notified during