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Experts warn cost of asthma caused by traffic-related air pollution is much higher than previous estimates

The total cost of asthma due to traffic-related air pollution is much higher than previous estimates, according to new research. The study, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has revealed the...suite

Availability and use of sanitation reduces by half the likelihood of parasitic worm infections

Access to sanitation facilities, such as latrines, reduces by half the risk of becoming infected by parasitic worms that are transmitted via soil (soil-transmitted helminths) according to a study published in this week’s PLoS...suite

New model for possible malaria vaccination suggests mass vaccination should be considered for very low transmission areas

In the event that a vaccine for the prevention of malaria is licensed and ready for use (such as the research malaria vaccine RTS,S, which currently looks promising), distributing and giving the vaccine to three-month old infants...suite

How compensatory evolution increases the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Research at Swiss TPH has discovered a set of compensatory mutations in the RNA polymerase of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis. The research is published in Nature Genetics. The worldwide emergence of multiple-drug...suite

First global burden estimates for human food-borne trematodiasis

Scientists from the Swiss TPH have produced the first estimates of the global burden due to human foodborne trematode infections in terms of so-called disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). They performed a systematic review and...suite

Potentially critical breakthrough in the quest to eliminate malaria

A new class of antimalarial compounds known as the imidazolopiperazines (IZPs) has been discovered by Novartis scientists in collaboration with a number of external research partners, which holds promise as a next generation...suite

La technologie suisse de radiologie au bénéfice d'hôpitaux publics égyptiens

Le 2 novembre 2011, moins d'un an après la révolution égyptienne, une cérémonie s’est tenue au Om Elmasryeen Hospital du Gouvernorat de Gizeh pour fêter la clôture d’un projet bilatéral destiné à améliorer les services de...suite