Effect of sampling and diagnostic effort on the assessment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and drug efficacy: a meta-analysis of... (Publications)
SUMMARY It is generally recommended to perform multiple stool examinations in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy when assessing the impact of mass drug administration programmes to control human
Occupational exposures and uncontrolled adult-onset asthma in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II (Publications)
Occupational exposure is a well-recognised modifiable risk factor for asthma, but the relationship between occupational exposure and asthma control has not been studied. We aimed to study this associa
Recombinant expression of trypanosome surface glycoproteins in <em>Pichia pastoris</em> for the diagnosis of <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> infection (Publications)
Serodiagnosis of surra, which causes vast economic losses in livestock, is still based on native antigens purified from bloodstream form Trypanosoma (T.) evansi grown in rodents. To avoid the use of l
Role of highway traffic on spatial and temporal distributions of air pollutants in a Swiss alpine valley (Publications)
Traffic-related air pollutants show high spatial variability near roads, posing a challenge to adequately assess exposures. Recent modeling approaches (e.g. dispersion models, land-use regression (LUR
Inhibitors of adenosine consuming parasites through polymer-assisted N-acylation of N6-substituted 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosines (Publications)
A series of 30 adenosine derivatives with three different substituents at the N(6)-position were prepared in order to evaluate their potential to inhibit the pathogenic protozoa Plasmodium falciparum
Neue genetische Tests und ihr Nutzen in der Krebsvorsorge (Publications)
The promises resulting from the decoding of the human genome have not been fulfilled to the extent as expected. At the same time it is fair to say that the results of recent genetic research have not
Clean home-delivery in rural southern Tanzania: barriers, influencers, and facilitators (Publications)
The study explored the childbirth-related hygiene and newborn care practices in home-deliveries in Southern Tanzania and barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change. Eleven home-birth narratives