Determinants of mental disorders in Syrian refugees in Turkey versus internally displaced persons in Syria (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To compare frequencies of some mental health disorders between Syrian refugees living in Turkey and internally displaced persons in Syria, and to identify factors associated with posttraum
A meta-analysis on residential exposure to magnetic fields and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Publications)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is caused by the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons, with mostly unknown etiology. Some risk factors have been suggested for this disease including ext
Assessing strategies against <em>gambiense </em>sleeping sickness through mathematical modeling (Publications)
Background: Control of gambiense sleeping sickness relies predominantly on passive and active screening of people, followed by treatment. Methods: Mathematical modeling explores the potential of 3 com
Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Orientia tsutsugamushi is a clinically important but neglected obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen of the Rickettsiaceae family that causes the potentially life-threatening human dis
Colorectal cancer-associated <em>Streptococcus infantarius </em>subsp.<em> infantarius</em> differ from a major dairy lineage providing evidence for... (Publications)
Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius (Sii), a member of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC), predominates as dairy-adapted and non-adapted variants in fermented dairy
Identification of <em>Campylobacter fetus</em> by fluorescence<em> in situ</em> hybridization (FISH) (Publications)
Two new DNA FISH-probes for Campylobacter fetus were designed, in silico checked for cross-reactions and successfully evaluated in a multi-centric approach with 41 Campylobacter fetus isolates includi
Pharmacokinetics of a pediatric tribendimidine dose-finding study to treat hookworm infection in African children (Publications)
Tribendimidine is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic available in China, which is currently being pursued for US Food and Drug Administration approval for soil-transmitted helminth infections. Pharmacokine