Evaluation of giant African pouched rats for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients from a high-endemic setting (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of well-characterised patients wit
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Since 2010, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines discourage using stavudine in first-line regimens due to frequent and severe side effects. This study describes the implementation of
Cure frailty models for survival data: application to recurrences for breast cancer and to hospital readmissions for colorectal cancer (Publications)
Owing to the natural evolution of a disease, several events often arise after a first treatment for the same subject. For example, patients with a primary invasive breast cancer and treated with breas
Impact of traffic-related air pollution on acute changes in cardiac autonomic modulation during rest and physical activity: a cross-over study (Publications)
People are often exposed to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) during physical activity (PA), but it is not clear if PA modifies the impact of TRAP on cardiac autonomic modulation. We conducted a pa
Lung function decline, chronic bronchitis, and occupational exposures in young adults (Publications)
RATIONALE: Occupational exposures to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes have been shown to be a risk factor of airway obstruction in cross-sectional studies in the general population. OBJECTIVES: Our aim was
