Spirometry reference equations for central European populations from school age to old age (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Spirometry reference values are important for the interpretation of spirometry results. Reference values should be updated regularly, derived from a population as similar to the population
Elimination of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in infected mice by slow release of artemisone (Publications)
The current treatment of schistosomiasis is based on the anti-helminthic drug praziquantel (PZQ). PZQ affects only the adult stages of schistosomes. In addition, resistance to PZQ is emerging. We sugg
40 years of progress in female cancer death risk: a Bayesian spatio-temporal mapping analysis in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the past decades, mortality of female gender related cancers declined in Switzerland and other developed countries. Differences in the decrease and in spatial patterns within Switzerlan
Association between tuberculosis, diabetes and 25 hydroxyvitamin D in Tanzania: a longitudinal case control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D level is inversely associated with tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes (DM). Vitamin D could be a mediator in the association between TB and DM. We examined the associations between v
Transient hyperglycemia in patients with tuberculosis in Tanzania: implications for diabetes screening algorithms (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) increases tuberculosis (TB) risk while TB, as an infectious disease, leads to hyperglycemia. We compared hyperglycemia screening strategies in controls and TB patien