Maternal drinking behaviour and co-exposure from smoking during and after pregnancy in relation to the neurocognitive function of school-children in... (Publications)
during pregnancy and reduced child's spatial working memory (beta: -0.59; CI: -1.02; -0.15). Heavy (> 5 cigarettes per day) gestational smoking was associated with lowered child's learning in memory (beta:-1
Update of transmission modelling and projections of <em>gambiense </em>human African trypanosomiasis in the Mandoul focus, Chad (Publications)
diagnostic availability in fixed health facilities since 2015, by 2.1-fold for stage 1 detection, and 1.5-fold for stage 2. We find that whilst the diagnostic algorithm for active screening is estimated to
GPS-based fine-scale mapping surveys for schistosomiasis assessment: a practical introduction and documentation of field implementation (Publications)
identified by the enumerators. The median distance between the pre-selected and recorded structures was 5.4 m. A total of 1098 (78.7%) were residential houses. Among them, 99 (9.0%) were dropped due to continuous
Out of pocket expenditures of patients with a chronic condition consulting a primary care provider in Tajikistan: a cross-sectional household survey (Publications)
an acute condition. Adjustment for potential confounders reduced the discrepancy from 3.3 USD to 0.5 USD. This convergence of costs was only observed in districts covered by the Basic Benefit Package (BBP)
Parasitological and clinical efficacy of standard treatment regimens against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, <em>P. vivax</em> and <em>P.... (Publications)
(7 patients) or mixed infection (10 patients) were included. 86 were treated with AQ, 88 with CQ and 5 with Q+SP. 21/179 patients (12%) were not cured or had a recrudescence of symptoms associated with
Health workers' perspectives on school-based mass drug administration control programs for soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Ogun... (Publications)
schistosomiasis (SCH) are among the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), affecting 1.5 billion globally, with a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria. These diseases
Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific <em>Mtb</em>-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases (Publications)
contacts with an overall sensitivity of 72.1% [confidence interval (CI) 0.59-0.86] and specificity of 95.5% (CI 0.90-1.02) with a positive predictive value of 93.9% and negative predictive value of 78.2%. The
Knowledge-attitude and practice of Anthrax and brucellosis: implications for zoonotic disease surveillance and control in pastoral communities of Afar... (Publications)
of Afar and the Somali region (SRS). RESULTS: Among the 51 healthcare providers, 25 (49%) and 38 (74.5%) had heard of brucellosis, and anthrax, respectively. Of those, only 3 (12%) and 14 (36.8%) knew the
Design and selection of drug properties to increase the public health impact of next-generation seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study (Publications)
effectiveness outcomes, but similarly important for impact on prevalence. When children younger than 5 years receive four SMC cycles with high levels of coverage (ie, 69% of children receiving all cycles)
Monitoring an emergent pathogen at low incidence in wastewater using qPCRmpox: mpox in Switzerland (Publications)
definition as the lowest concentration at which there is 95% likelihood of detection, detection was 1% (5 of 365). The liberal definition shows high specificity (90%) and accuracy (78%), but moderate sensitivity
