The relevance of commuter and work/school exposure in an epidemiological study on traffic-related air pollution (Publications)
Exposure during transport and at non-residential locations is ignored in most epidemiological studies of traffic-related air pollution. We investigated the impact of separately estimating NO2 long-ter
Occurrence of and risk factors for <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infection in South-East Asia (Publications)
The soil-transmitted nematode, Strongyloides stercoralis is one of the most-neglected of all neglected tropical diseases. It is globally distributed, favouring the humid, wet climates of the tropics a
Autochthonous case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>, France, 2016 (Publications)
We report a case of a 54-year-old Moroccan woman living in France diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and confirmed b
Predictive value of clinical and laboratory features for the main febrile diseases in children living in Tanzania: a prospective observational study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To construct evidence-based guidelines for management of febrile illness, it is essential to identify clinical predictors for the main causes of fever, either to diagnose the disease when
Single-dose hepatitis A immunization: 7.5-year observational pilot study in Nicaraguan children to assess protective effectiveness and humoral immune... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Universal 2-dose hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination of toddlers effectively controls hepatitis A. High vaccine costs, however, impede implementation in endemic countries. To test single-d