Vaginal microbiota and cytokine levels predict preterm delivery in Asian women (Publications)
Preterm birth (PTB) is the most common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Approximately half of PTBs is linked with microbial etiologies, including pathologic changes to the vaginal
Gnathostomiasis in a traveller returning from Madagascar (Publications)
Gnathostomiasis is a foodborne parasitic zoonosis known to be endemic in Southeast Asia, India, Central and South America, with recent cases reported in Zambia, Botswana and South Africa. We report a
Application of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey in three national languages in Switzerland: exploratory factor analysis and... (Publications)
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is a complex and context-specific phenomenon that is linked to under-immunization and poses challenges to immunization programs. The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (P
Combination with tomatidine improves the potency of posaconazole against <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
Azoles such as posaconazole (Posa) are highly potent against Trypanosoma cruzi. However, when tested in chronic Chagas disease patients, a high rate of relapse after Posa treatment was observed. It ap
Anderswo altern (Publications)
Die Lebensumstände und der Stellenwert alter Menschen sind im globalen Süden drastisch anders als in der Schweiz. Die Vorstellung, in Südostasien etwa sei ein liebevoller Umgang mit Pflegebedürftigen
Vieillir ailleurs (Publications)
Les conditions de vie et l’importance des personnes âgées sont radicalement différentes dans les pays du Sud par rapport à la Suisse. L’idée qu’en Asie du Sud-Est, par exemple, une approche aimante en
Adherence to standard treatment guidelines among prescribers in primary healthcare facilities in the Dodoma region of Tanzania (Publications)
Background: Tanzania's primary healthcare system suffers from a scarcity of financial and human resources that impedes its effectiveness to deliver dependable and uniform quality healthcare. Adherence
Contribution of long-term exposure to outdoor black carbon to the carcinogenicity of air pollution: evidence regarding risk of cancer in the gazel... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Black carbon (BC), a component of fine particulate matter [particles with an aerodynamic diameter
Spatial patterns of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> transmission explored by multivariate auto-regressive state-space modelling - a case study in Baoshan... (Publications)
The transition from the control phase to elimination of malaria in China through the national malaria elimination programme has focussed attention on the need for improvement of the surveillance- resp
Comparative study of free-roaming domestic dog management and roaming behavior across four countries: Chad, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Uganda (Publications)
Dogs play a major role in public health because of potential transmission of zoonotic diseases, such as rabies. Dog roaming behavior has been studied worldwide, including countries in Asia, Latin Amer
