Control and elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem: thresholds fail to differentiate schistosomiasis morbidity prevalence in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current World Health Organization guidelines utilize prevalence of heavy-intensity infections (PHIs), that is, ≥50 eggs per 10 mL of urine for Schistosoma haematobium and ≥400 eggs per gra
A mechanistic and data-driven reconstruction of the time-varying reproduction number: application to the COVID-19 epidemic (Publications)
The effective reproduction number Reff is a critical epidemiological parameter that characterizes the transmissibility of a pathogen. However, this parameter is difficult to estimate in the presence o
Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic (Publications)
The current global systemic crisis reveals how globalised societies are unprepared to face a pandemic. Beyond the dramatic loss of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered widespread disturbanc
Mental health and resilience among Eritrean refugees at arrival and one-year post-registration in Switzerland: a cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Eritrea is the most frequent country of origin among asylum seekers in Switzerland. On their journey through the desert and across the Mediterranean Sea, Eritrea refugees are often exposed
Characterization of the population pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in adults infected with <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: support for a fixed-dose... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Moxidectin has recently attracted attention as a novel candidate for the treatment of helminth infections, including Strongyloides stercoralis. This study aims to characterize the populati
Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to antimicrobial resistance(1). Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs in bacteri
Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for <em>Schistosoma haematobium... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for measuring global progress in schistosomiasis control classify individuals with Schistosoma spp. infections based on the concentration of excr
An antigen capture assay for the detection of mycolactone, the polyketide toxin of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
Mycolactone is a cytotoxin responsible for most of the chronic necrotizing pathology of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The polyketide toxin consists of a 12-membered lactone ring with
Caesarean sections and health financing: a global analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to explore the association of health financing indicators with the proportion of births by caesarean section (CS) across countries. DESIGN: Ecological cross-