Use of disability adjusted life years in the estimation of the disease burden of echinococcosis for a high endemic region of the Tibetan plateau (Publications)
Shiqu County were 4.6% for AE and 4.9% for CE with an estimated overall adjusted prevalence rate of 9.5%. The burden of disease associated with echinococcosis was calculated using disability adjusted life
The impact of obesity on mortality in UA/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Publications)
revascularization. Patients were divided into four groups according to body mass index (BMI): normal, 18.5-24.9 (n = 551); overweight, 25-29.9 (n = 824); obese, 30-34.9 (n = 244); and very obese, above 35 (n
Integrated cytokine and metabolic analysis of pathological responses to parasite exposure in rodents (Publications)
helminth infection (S. mansoni). For S. mansoni, the main infection-responsive cytokines were IL-4 and IL-5, which covaried with lactate, choline, and d-3-hydroxybutyrate. This study demonstrates that the inherently
Cellular telephone use and time trends in brain tumour mortality in Switzerland from 1969 to 2002 (Publications)
Switzerland. Age-standardized brain tumour mortality rates ranged between 3.7 and 6.7 for men and 2.5 and 4.4 for women per 100,000 person-years. For the whole study period, a significant increase in brain
Golgi phosphoprotein 2 (GOLPH2) expression in liver tumors and its value as a serum marker in hepatocellular carcinomas (Publications)
with HCC with underlying HCV infection (median 18 mg/L, P < 0.05) and patients with BDC (median = 14.5 mg/L, P < 0.01) in comparison to healthy controls (median 4 mg/L). Conclusion: GOLPH2 protein is highly
Effectiveness of combined intermittent preventive treatment for children and timely home treatment for malaria control (Publications)
At baseline, 13.8% of the children were febrile (axillary temperature greater than or equal to 37.5 degree Celsius) compared to 2.2% at evaluation (post IPTC3 combined with timely home management of fever)
Omega-3 fatty acids contribute to the asthma-protective effect of unprocessed cow's milk (Publications)
Allergy-Study in Rural Environments (PASTURE) study followed 1133 children living in rural areas in 5 European countries from birth to age 6 years. In 934 children milk consumption was assessed by using
The activities of current antimalarial drugs on the life cycle stages of <em>Plasmodium</em>: a comparative study with human and rodent parasites (Publications)
impact, killing more than 800,000 people every year-the vast majority being children under the age of 5. While effective therapies are available, if malaria is to be eradicated a broader range of small molecule
Virosome-formulated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> AMA-1 & CSP derived peptides as malaria vaccine: randomized phase 1b trial in semi-immune... (Publications)
double-blind, controlled, age-deescalating study with two immunizations. 10 adults and 40 children (aged 5-9 years) living in a malaria endemic area were immunized with PEV3B or virosomal influenza vaccine
A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia (Publications)
of this approach to data from Zambia for 2009-2010 gave an estimate of 2.6 (95% credible interval: 1.5-3.7) malaria attributable fever days per child-year. The estimates of recall bias, and of the numbers