Modelling Europe-wide fine resolution daily ambient temperature for 2003-2020 using machine learning (Publications)
To improve our understanding of the health impacts of high and low temperatures, epidemiological studies require spatiotemporally resolved ambient temperature (Ta) surfaces. Exposure assessment over v
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Publications)
BACKGROUND: WHO, as requested by its member states, launched the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1974 to make life-saving vaccines available to all globally. To mark the 50-year anniversar
Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: During the last two decades, Caesarean section rates (C-sections), overweight and obesity rates increased in rural Peru. We examined the association between pre-pregnancy body mass index (
The effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields exposure on human self-reported symptoms: a systematic review of human experimental studies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The technological applications of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) have been steadily increasing since the 1950s exposing large proportions of the population. The World Healt
Acute effects of military aircraft noise on sedative and analgesic drug administrations in psychiatric patients: a case-time series analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Existing evidence suggests that psychiatric patients are highly noise sensitive, and that noise exposure increases the risk for adverse mental health outcomes, such as psychiatric hospital
Design and selection of drug properties to increase the public health impact of next-generation seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended for disease control in settings with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission and currently depends on the administration o
Accuracy of screening tests for cervical precancer in women living with HIV in low-resource settings: a paired prospective study in Lusaka, Zambia (Publications)
Objective This study aimed to provide evidence to improve cervical screening for women living with HIV (WLHIV). We assessed the accuracy of screening tests that can be used in low-resource settings an
Molecular diagnosis and genotyping of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> in Maesot and Chiangrai, Thailand (Publications)
Introduction: Scrub typhus is a neglected tropical disease with an estimated 1 million cases annually. The Asia-Pacific region is an endemic area for scrub typhus, especially in Thailand. Methods: Bet
Present drugs and future perspectives in treating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminthiases caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) are responsible for the infection of approximately 1.5 b
