Long-term exposure to air pollution and liver cancer incidence in six European cohorts (Publications)
Particulate matter air pollution and diesel engine exhaust have been classified as carcinogenic for lung cancer, yet few studies have explored associations with liver cancer. We used six European adul
Costing interventions in the field: preliminary cost estimates and lessons learned from an evaluation of community-wide mass drug administration for... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To present a costing study integrated within the DeWorm3 multi-country field trial of community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA) for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths. DESIGN: T
Reaching absent and refusing individuals during home-based HIV testing through self-testing-at what cost? (Publications)
Introduction: In the HOSENG trial (NCT03598686), the secondary distribution of oral self-tests for persons absent or refusing to test during a home-based HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho resulted
Estimating intervention effectiveness in trials of malaria interventions with contamination (Publications)
Background In cluster randomized trials (CRTs) or stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SWCRTs) of malaria interventions, mosquito movement leads to contamination between trial arms unless buffer z
The additive effect of interpregnancy interval and maternal body mass index on pregnancy induced hypertension in the U.S (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), one of the most frequent causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity, has increased significantly in the U.S. in last two decades. Howe
<em>Orientia tsutsugamushi </em>dynamics in vectors and hosts: ecology and risk factors for foci of scrub typhus transmission in northern Thailand (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an important neglected vector-borne zoonotic disease across the Asia-Pacific region, with an expanding known distribution. The disease ecology is poorly understood, despite
Cancer in HIV-positive and HIV-negative adolescents and young adults in South Africa: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the spectrum of cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with and without HIV in South Africa. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study with cancer records provided by the Na