Past, present, and future of Japanese encephalitis (Publications)
Japanese encephalitis (JE), a vector-borne viral disease, is endemic to large parts of Asia and the Pacific. An estimated 3 billion people are at risk, and JE has recently spread to new territories. V
Birth weight and carotid artery intima-media thickness (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between birth weight and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), a measure of atherogenesis, in a population of 11-year-old children.STUDY DESIGN: CIMT m
Impact of road traffic noise annoyance on health-related quality of life: results from a population-based study (Publications)
PURPOSE: To estimate the impact of traffic-related noise annoyance on health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in a population-based study and potential effect modification by gender. METHODS: The study
Development and validation of a liquid chromatography and ion spray tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of artesunate, artemether... (Publications)
Recently, promising fasciocidal activities of artesunate and artemether were described in rats and sheep. Therefore, a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed to
Heterochromatin silencing and locus repositioning linked to regulation of virulence genes in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum undergoes antigenic variation to evade host immune responses through switching expression of variant surface proteins encoded by the var gene family. We demo
Symptoms and transmission of intestinal cryptosporidiosis (Publications)
Cryptosporidium spp are a cause of diarrhoea in toddlers. Symptoms and routes of transmission were investigated in a prospective case-control study in the city and surroundings of Basel, Switzerland.
Field evaluation of a recombinant glutathione S-transferase-based pyrethroid quantification assay (Publications)
A recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST)-based pyrethroid quantification assay was field-tested in Ifakara, Tanzania. Initial laboratory tests suggested that all reagents used in the assay should
Pan-dengue virus detection by PCR for travelers returning from the tropics (Publications)
We performed dengue virus (DENV) serology and quantitative real-time pan-DENV reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) on 186 sera of 171 patients returning from the tropics. DENV loads significantly decrea
<em>Plasmodium</em> sensitivity to artemisinins: magic bullets hit elusive targets (Publications)
Artemisinins are efficacious antimalarial drugs widely employed as first-line treatment in endemic countries under the form of combined therapies. Different molecular modes of action have been postula