2025
Community health workers identify children requiring health center admission in Northern Uganda: prehospital risk prediction using vital signs and advanced point-of-care tests
Ebbs D, Denish O, Bongomin F, Chandna A, Haseefa F, Canarie M, Cappello M. Community health workers identify children requiring health center admission in Northern Uganda: prehospital risk prediction using vital signs and advanced point-of-care tests. Global Health Action 2025, 18: 2519704. PMID: 40569209, PMCID: PMC12203686, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2519704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersHealth workersDanger signsPrehospital settingHealth centersCommunity health worker teamArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveHealth worker teamPoint-of-care testingSocioeconomically deprived regionsPrehospital evaluationObservational pilot studyCommunity settingsWorker teamsSerious illnessSick childrenTreatable illnessPediatric mortalityDeprived regionsLogistic regressionPrimary outcomeSub-Saharan AfricaHealthCommunity levelRisk prediction
2020
Dogs and pigs are transport hosts of Necator americanus: Molecular evidence for a zoonotic mechanism of human hookworm transmission in Ghana
Boyko RH, Harrison L, Humphries D, Galvani AP, Townsend JP, Otchere J, Wilson MD, Cappello M. Dogs and pigs are transport hosts of Necator americanus: Molecular evidence for a zoonotic mechanism of human hookworm transmission in Ghana. Zoonoses And Public Health 2020, 67: 474-483. PMID: 32529782, DOI: 10.1111/zph.12708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPig fecal samplesProspective molecular studyNematode Toxocara canisPig ownershipPig samplesNematode larvaeAnimal faecesTransport hostsDog ownershipKintampo NorthFecal samplesToxocara canisProxy of exposureHuman infectionsPigsHookworm eggsSubsequent prospective studyHookworm transmissionDogsResource-limited countriesFaecesPCR analysisGhanaMolecular evidenceSignificant morbidity
1991
Human immunodeficiency virus infection among Peace Corps volunteers in Zaire. No evidence for unusual modes of transmission.
Cappello M, Bernard K, Jones B, Francis H, van der Vlugt T. Human immunodeficiency virus infection among Peace Corps volunteers in Zaire. No evidence for unusual modes of transmission. JAMA Internal Medicine 1991, 151: 1328-30. PMID: 2064483, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.151.7.1328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultDemocratic Republic of the CongoFemaleHIV InfectionsHIV SeroprevalenceHumansMaleProspective StudiesUnited StatesVolunteersConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusHepatitis B virusB virusVirus infectionPeace Corps volunteersHepatitis B virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionPositive serologic markersB virus infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionUS Peace Corps volunteersSerologic markersImmunodeficiency syndromeImmunodeficiency virusProspective studyStudy populationHigh endemicityInfectionSerum samplesStudy periodMean lengthVolunteersVirusStayExtensive education
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