Performance of a real-time PCR approach for diagnosing <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infections of different intensity in urine samples from... (Publications)
augmenting egg counts: 80.6% (29/36) for counts between 1 and 4 eggs, 83.3% (15/18) for counts between 5 and 9 eggs, 100% (23/23) for counts between 10 and 49 eggs, and 96.4% (27/28) for counts of 50+ eggs
Efficacy and safety of Shenfu injection for severe pneumonia in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on Western and Eastern... (Publications)
used to evaluate the risk of bias by two reviewers independently. All data were analyzed by Rev Man 5.4. Continuous variables were shown as weighted mean difference (WMD) or standard mean difference (SMD)
Associations of body mass index and sarcopenia with screen-detected mild cognitive impairment in older adults in Colombia (Publications)
prevalence of mild cognitive impairment was 20% in 23,694 participants in SABE Colombia and 17% in 5,760 participants in the sub-sample in which sarcopenia was assessed. Overweight and obesity were associated
An autoencoder and artificial neural network-based method to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes from near-infrared spectra (Publications)
out-of-sample accuracies of 81.9+/-2.8 (N = 274), 68.7+/-4.8 (N = 43), 80.3+/-2.0 (N = 48), and 75.7+/-2.5 (N = 91), respectively. With the autoencoder, ANN models tested on out-of-sample data achieved 97.1+/-2
Anonymous HIV surveillance with risk factor elicitation at Scotland's largest prison, Barlinnie (Publications)
that there was a significant deficit of recent HIV test uptake by Glasgow residents (odds ratio, 0.5; 95% confidence interval, 0.27-0.89), that IDU were more likely to have had treatment for a sexually
A regression-based method for mapping traffic-related air pollution: application and testing in four contrasting urban environments (Publications)
local calibration, the model gave estimates of mean annual NO2 concentrations within a factor of 1.5 of the actual mean (approx. 70-90%) of the time and within a factor of 2 between 70 and 100% of the
Slow clearance of histidine-rich protein-2 in Gabonese with uncomplicated malaria (Publications)
3-day course of artesunate/amodiaquine. HRP2 levels were quantified at enrollment and on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 28 post-treatment initiation. The findings reveal an unexpectedly prolonged clearance
Accuracy of screening tests for cervical precancer in women living with HIV in low-resource settings: a paired prospective study in Lusaka, Zambia (Publications)
e tests were: hrHPV, 67.3% (95% CI 57.7% to 75.7%) and 65.3% (95% CI 59.4% to 70.7%); Gynocular 51.5% (95% CI 41.9% to 61.0%) and 80.0% (95% CI 74.8% to 84.3%); and VIA 22.8% (95% CI 15.7% to 31.9%) and
Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward human tuberculosis amongst rural communities in Chad (Publications)
knowledge and good attitudes; however, in the analyses, the association was not significant [OR knowledge = 5.83 (95% C.I. 0.6842.83), p = 0.112; OR attitude = 2.09 (95% C.I. 0.875.04), p = 0.100]. Furthermore
External exposome and all-cause mortality in European cohorts: the EXPANSE project (Publications)
and were divided into three a priori defined domains: (1) air pollution [fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), black carbon (BC) and warm-season Ozone (warm-O3]; (2) land/built environment
