Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial (Publications)
completed the baseline and follow-up assessments (mean age 6.9 (SD 0.3) years for first grade, 11.1 (0.5) years for fifth grade). After adjustment for grade, sex, baseline values, and clustering within classes
Novel genes and insights in complete asthma remission: a genome-wide association study on clinical and complete asthma remission (Publications)
RESULTS: Of the 790 asthmatics, 178 (23%) had ClinR and 55 ComR (7%) after median follow-up of 15.5 [range 3.3-47.8] years. In ClinR, 1 of the 25 SNPs, rs2740102, replicated in a meta-analysis of the
Age-independent osteopathology in skeletons of a South American cervid: the Patagonian huemul (<em>hippocamelus bisulcus</em>) (Publications)
population dynamics, skeletal remains collected between 1993 and 2007 in the Andes (41-45 degrees S, 71.5-72 degrees W) were examined macroscopically for osteopathologic changes. Bones from six huemul were
Challenging sleep homeostasis in narcolepsy-cataplexy: implications for non-REM and REM sleep regulation (Publications)
Process S were estimated from the time course of slow-wave activity (SWA, spectral power within 0.75-4.5 Hz) across consecutive NREMS episodes. SETTINGS: Sleep research laboratory. RESULTS: In baseline, SWA
A broadly-protective vaccine against meningococcal disease in sub-Saharan Africa based on generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) (Publications)
generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) from a recombinant serogroup W strain expressing PorA P1.5,2, which is predominant among African W isolates. The strain was engineered with deleted capsule locus
HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies (Publications)
We included 44,260 patients with a median follow-up time of 2.7 years (interquartile range [IQR] 1.0-5.0); 3,819 incident TB cases were recorded (8.6%). At baseline, the median age was 34 years (IQR 28-41);
Fine-scale spatial and temporal heterogeneities in insecticide resistance profiles of the malaria vector,<em> Anopheles arabiensis</em> in rural... (Publications)
0.75% permethrin, 4% DDT, 4% dieldrin, 0.1% bendiocarb, 0.1% propoxur, 0.25% pirimiphos-methyl and 5% malathion. A hydrolysis probe assay was used to screen for L1014F ( kdr-w) and L1014S ( kdr-e) mutations
Comparison of novel and standard diagnostic tools for the detection of<em> Schistosoma mekongi</em> infection in Lao People's Democratic Republic and... (Publications)
viverrini, hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia spp. were 50.4%, 28.1%, 3.5%, 0.3% and 1.9%, respectively. In the urine samples, the tests for CCA and CAA detected S. mekongi
Anthelmintic activity of medicinal plants used in Côte d'Ivoire for treating parasitic diseases (Publications)
in death of adult worms and inhibition of activity of third-stage larvae (L3). Of the extracts, 41.5% completely inhibited movement of H. bakeri L3 at minimal lethal concentration (MLC) values of 20-200
AID protein expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma is associated with poor prognosis and complex genetic alterations (Publications)
approach. We found AID heterogeneously expressed in tumor cells as shown by colocalization analysis for CD5 and CD23. Ki-67 positive paraimmunoblasts of the proliferation centers displayed the highest expression