Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rainfall data have potential use for malaria prediction. However, the relationship between rainfall and the number of malaria cases is indirect and complex. METHODS: The statistical relati
Formation of the circumsporozoite protein of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in <em>Anopheles stephensi</em> (Publications)
The place and time of synthesis of the circumsporozoite protein of P. falciparum was analysed with a monoclonal antibody directed against the (NANP)3 repetitive epitope of the CS protein. By using an
Socio-cultural determinants of adiposity and physical activity in preschool children: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Both individual socio-cultural determinants such as selected parental characteristics (migrant background, low educational level and workload) as well as the regional environment are relat
Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user
Weight status and gender-related differences in motor skills and in child care-based physical activity in young children (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Over the last decades, a decline in motor skills and in physical activity and an increase in obesity has been observed in children. However, there is a lack of data in young chil
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and tr
Monitoring multiple sclerosis by multimodel evoked potentials: numerically versus ordinally scaled scoring systems (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of different evoked potential scores (EPS) to monitor and predict the disease course in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Seventy-two patients with MS or clinically i
Molecular epidemiology of human rhinoviruses and enteroviruses highlights their diversity in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) and enteroviruses (HEVs) belong to the Enterovirus genus and are the most frequent cause of infection worldwide, but data on their molecular epidemiology in Africa are scarce
