The creation of an indicator for the health effect of air pollutants (Publications)
The department of social and preventive medicine of the University of Basle is conducting an epidemiologic study on the health effect of air pollution on preschool children. Nitrogen dioxide in childr
Immunopeptides in the defense reactions of <em>Glossina morsitans</em> to bacterial and <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> <em>brucei</em> infections (Publications)
Several dipteran insects are vectors of parasites causing major human infectious diseases. Among these, the tsetse fly, Glossina spp., is responsible for the transmission of trypanosomes, the pathogen
Characterization of a defensin from the sand fly <em>Phlebotomus duboscqi</em> induced by challenge with bacteria or the protozoan parasite... (Publications)
Antimicrobial peptides are major components of the innate immune response of epithelial cells. In insect vectors, these peptides may play a role in the control of gut pathogens. We have analyzed antim
Epithelial innate immunity. A novel antimicrobial peptide with antiparasitic activity in the blood-sucking insect<em> Stomoxys calcitrans</em> (Publications)
The gut epithelium is an essential interface in insects that transmit parasites. We investigated the role that local innate immunity might have on vector competence, taking Stomoxys calcitrans as a mo