15 research outputs found
Follow up study to assess the use and performance of household water filters in Zambia
Effective household water treatment has the potential to improve drinking water quality and prevent diarrhoeal disease if used correctly and consistently over time. We previously conducted a randomized, controlled trial of water filters among households in Zambia with children under two years of HIV-positive mothers. One year after completion of the trial, we conducted a follow up study to assess use and performance the household filters. Ninety percent of participating households met the criteria for current users, and 75% had stored water with lower levels of faecal contamination than source water. Although this study provides some encouraging evidence about the potential to maintain HWTS use and performance, further research is necessary to assess whether these results can be achieved over longer periods and with larger populations
Cumulative frequency profiles of RV-IgA titres in pre dose 1 breastmilk of 216 mother-infant pairs by infant IgA seroconversion post dose 2 of rotavirus vaccine.
<p>Seroconversion was defined as four-fold increase in rotavirus-specific IgA titres in post dose 2 sera when compared to the corresponding pre-immunization sera.</p
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Norovirus infections in young children in Lusaka Province, Zambia: clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology
Phylogenetic analysis of a 280-bp region of the partial RNA dependent-RNA polymerase region in norovirus detections (1A: Genogroup I; 1B: Genogroup II). (PDF 79 kb
Independent effects of markers of environmetal enteric dysfunction on seroconversion post dose 2 among rotavirus vaccinated infants aged 6–11 weeks.
<p>Independent effects of markers of environmetal enteric dysfunction on seroconversion post dose 2 among rotavirus vaccinated infants aged 6–11 weeks.</p
Rotavirus-specific IgA in Breastmilk and sera, and RV-IgA serconversion (SC), by seasons (N = 200).
<p>Rotavirus-specific IgA in Breastmilk and sera, and RV-IgA serconversion (SC), by seasons (N = 200).</p
Maternal and infant factors independently associated with odds of seroconversion (N = 210).
<p>Maternal and infant factors independently associated with odds of seroconversion (N = 210).</p
Percentage of infants seroconverted<sup>*</sup> by infant and maternal factors, in Lusaka.
<p>Percentage of infants seroconverted<sup><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0150100#t001fn001" target="_blank">*</a></sup> by infant and maternal factors, in Lusaka.</p