Developing and validating a tablet version of an illness explanatory model interview for a public health survey in Pune, India (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mobile electronic devices are replacing paper-based instruments and questionnaires for epidemiological and public health research. The elimination of a data-entry step after an interview i
Effect of a governmentally-led physical activity program on motor skills in young children attending child care centers: a cluster randomized... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of a governmentally-led center based child care physical activity program (Youp'la Bouge) on child motor skills.Patients and methods: We conducted a single blinded clus
Cohort study of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC versus [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC plus [(177)Lu-DOTA]-TOC in neuroendocrine... (Publications)
PURPOSE: Radiopeptide therapy is commonly performed with a single radioisotope. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with a single versus a combination of r
Access to, and use of, water by populations living in a schistosomiasis and fascioliasis co-endemic area of northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Water is an essential element of life, but it can also be a source of disease. Apart from direct consumption of unsafe water, direct contact and indirect consumption puts people at risk of many differ
Social and cultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of an oral cholera vaccine prior to a mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar (Publications)
Despite improvements in sanitation and water supply, cholera remains a serious public health burden. Vaccination is included among recommendations for cholera control. Cultural concepts of illness are
Acute respiratory health effects of urban air pollutants in adults with different patterns of underlying respiratory disease (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Whether underlying chronic respiratory diseases are susceptible factors for symptomatic episodes, which lead to primary-level care, in association with air pollutant exposures is unknown. W
Identification of an African <em>Bacillus anthracis</em> lineage that lacks expression of the spore surface associated anthrose containing... (Publications)
The surface of Bacillus anthracis endospores exposes a pentasaccharide containing the monosaccharide anthrose which has been considered as vaccine or target for specific detection of the spores. In th