Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland (Publications)
PRINCIPLES: Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons of variable population size and cultural characteristics. Although a federal law to protect against passive smoking and a national tobacco control pr
Diagnostics are central for a truly holistic approach against intestinal parasitic diseases (Publications)
This is a perspectives piece on the central role of diagnostics for a truly holistic approach against gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic diseases. This article was motivated by a recent review in the Int
Association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and subclinical atherosclerosis: the REGICOR study (Publications)
Background: Epidemiological evidence of the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on the chronic processes of atherogenesis is limited.Objective: We investigated the association of long-term
In silico ionomics segregates parasitic from free-living eukaryotes (Publications)
Ion transporters are fundamental to life. Due to their ancient origin and conservation in sequence, ion transporters are also particularly well suited for comparative genomics of distantly related spe
Sequence diversity in the <em>pe_pgrs</em> genes of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> is independent of human T cell recognition (Publications)
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome includes the large family of pe_pgrs genes, whose functions are unknown. Because of precedents in other pathogens in which gene families showing high sequence var
EMF monitoring - concepts, activities, gaps and options (Publications)
Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is a cause of concern for many people. The topic will likely remain for the foreseeable future on the scientific and political agenda, since emissions continue
High blood pressure and long-term exposure to indoor noise and air pollution from road traffic (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Traffic noise has been associated with prevalence of hypertension, but reports are inconsistent for blood pressure (BP). People's noise exposure indoors might be essential to ascertain eff
Modeling the cost effectiveness of malaria control interventions in the highlands of western Kenya (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Tools that allow for in silico optimization of available malaria control strategies can assist the decision-making process for prioritizing interventions. The OpenMalaria stochastic simu