Public hospital costs of treatment of abortion complications in Nigeria (Publications)
Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal mortality in Nigeria, and treatment of postabortion complications drains public healthcare resources. Provider estimates of medications, suppli
A major trichinellosis outbreak suggesting a high endemicity of trichinella infection in northern Laos (Publications)
Trichinellosis is an important and under-recognized food-borne zoonosis in Southeast Asia. After 30 years of no reports, a small outbreak was described in Central Lao PDR (Laos) in 2003. Here we repor
Gene expression measurements in the context of epidemiological studies (Publications)
Background: Gene expression measurements became an attractive tool to assess biological responses in epidemiological studies. However, collection of blood samples poses various technical problems. We
Urban background particulate matter and allergic sensitization in adults of ECRHS II (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown weak or inconsistent associations between ambient air pollutants and allergic sensitization. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether regional urban
Relative stability of meningococcal serogroup A and X polysaccharides (Publications)
Prior to the introduction of the MenAfriVac serogroup A glycoconjugate vaccine in September 2010, serogroup A was the major epidemic disease-causing meningococcal serogroup in the African meningitis b
Environmental exposure to endotoxin and other microbial products and the decreased risk of childhood atopy: evaluating developments since April 2002 (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The hygiene hypothesis proposes an association between the change in exposure to microbes and the increased incidence of atopic diseases in recent decades. Exposure to microbes and
Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In early life, the innate immune system can recognize both viable and nonviable parts of microorganisms. Immune activation may direct the immune response, thus conferring tolerance to alle
Simple questionnaire and urine reagent strips compared to microscopy for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in a community in northern... (Publications)
Objectives To evaluate the utility of a simple questionnaire and urine reagent strip testing for the rapid diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in rural northern Ghana. Methods Cross-sectional parasit