A duplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR assay to discriminate three species of the <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> group: <em>Schistosoma curassoni, S. bovis,... (Publications)
detect DNA from both species being analysed at the maximum and minimum levels in the DNA ratios (95/5) tested. The duplex T-ARMS-PCR assay was also able to detect all hybrids tested and was validated by
Environmental determinants of access to shared sanitation in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Abidjan and Nairobi (Publications)
29-2.79 in Abidjan, aOR = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.22-2.34 in Nairobi), but not in children below the age of 5 years. Several settlement morphology features were associated with perceived insecurity, namely, buildings'
Epidemiology of pediatric schistosomiasis in hard-to-reach areas and populations: a scoping review (Publications)
prevalence of S. mansoni among PSAC in the included studies was estimated at 12.9% in Ghana, 80.3-90.5% in Kenya, 35.0% in Madagascar, 9.6-78.0% in Senegal, 11.2-35.4% in Sierra Leone, 44.4-54.9% in Tanzania
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and non-accidental mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
than 10 studies—were 1.04 (95% CI 1.01, 1.06), 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) and 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) per 10, 1 and 5 µg/m3, respectively. Effect estimates are interpreted as the relative risk of mortality when the exposure
Safety, immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical efficacy of a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic<em> Escherichia coli</em> in women with a... (Publications)
times higher, O2 titres were 9.4 times higher, O6A titres were 4.9 times higher, and O25B titres were 5.9 times higher (overall p /=105 colony-forming units per mL), the number of vaccine serotype UTIs did
Molecular monitoring of the diversity of human pathogenic malaria species in blood donations on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Publications)
low-density malaria parasites using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS: In comparison to 6.5% (13/200) by rapid diagnostic test and 2.0% (4/200) by microscopy, the proportion of Plasmodium falciparum
Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life (Publications)
Health Survey. HRQoL was estimated using the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire. RESULTS: Over two-thirds (71.5%) of adolescents reported using at least one SBMD at night-time, and about a third (32.2%) reported
Second-hand smoke exposure in adulthood and lower respiratory health during 20 year follow up in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
associated with doctor-diagnosed asthma (odds ratio (OR): 2.7; 95% confidence interval (95%-CI): 1.2-5.9), chronic bronchitis (OR: 4.8; 95%-CI: 1.6-15.0), asthma symptom score (count ratio (CR): 1.9; 95%-CI:
Large-scale implementation of electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (eIMCI) at the primary care level in Burkina Faso: a qualitative... (Publications)
types of microbes, 9 and 4 out of 21 participants could mention bacteria and virus respectively; only 5 correctly answered that antibiotics had no action on viral disease and 6 mentioned the risk of antibiotic
Sex-specific gene expression in the mosquito <em>Culex pipiens</em> f. molestus in response to artificial light at night (Publications)
L16:D8 hours, "control") and ALAN conditions with 3 h of constant low-level light at night (L16 + Llow3:D5 hours, "low-light"). The resulting transcripts were mapped to the reference genome of the closely related