2016
Occupational hazards of traditional healers: repeated unprotected blood exposures risk infectious disease transmission
Audet CM, Salato J, Blevins M, Silva W, González‐Calvo L, Vermund SH, Gaspar F. Occupational hazards of traditional healers: repeated unprotected blood exposures risk infectious disease transmission. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2016, 21: 1476-1480. PMID: 27580349, PMCID: PMC5093076, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood exposureOccupational hazardsBlood-borne agentsTraditional healersWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testHepatitis BC virusChronic illnessInfectious disease transmissionHigh prevalenceZambézia ProvincePast monthHealers' practicesChi-squareTraditional practitionersMedianPatientsDisease transmissionInjectionRandom sampleRural MozambiqueExposureHealersSimple random sample
2012
Increased Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms in Nigerian Children with Sickle Cell Disease Compared to Children without Sickle Cell Disease
Galadanci N, Liang W, Aliyu M, Jibir B, Karaye I, Inusa B, Vermund S, DeBaun M. Increased Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms in Nigerian Children with Sickle Cell Disease Compared to Children without Sickle Cell Disease. Blood 2012, 120: 4760. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v120.21.4760.4760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAsthma-like symptomsSickle cell diseaseMurtala Mohammed Specialist HospitalMode of deliveryAsthma symptomsCell diseaseGestational agePhysician diagnosisRisk factorsHigh prevalenceParental historyNigerian childrenAmerican Thoracic Society DivisionLung Disease QuestionnaireHistory of coughPrevalence of asthmaDiagnosis of asthmaShortness of breathCase-control study designCause of morbidityDemographic informationRoutine medical careWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testHigh rate