Age and cancer incidence in 5.2 million people with HIV: the South African HIV Cancer Match study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Old age is an important risk factor for developing cancer, but few data exist on this association in people with HIV (PWH) in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: The South African HIV Cancer Matc
Should we treat <em>Blastocystis </em>sp.? A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized pilot trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Blastocystis sp. is a worldwide-distributed protist colonizing the guts of humans and a great variety of animals. It is unclear whether it is just a commensal or an infectious parasite tha
Informal support networks of Tanzanians with chronic diseases: predictors of support provision and treatment adherence (Publications)
Objectives: To examine the role of NCD patients' social ties as informal caregivers and whether receiving their support is associated with engagement in care. Methods: NCD outpatients (N(2) = 100) in
Thermal proteome profiling reveals <em>Haemonchus </em>orphan protein HCO_011565 as a target of the nematocidal small molecule UMW-868 (Publications)
Parasitic roundworms (nematodes) cause destructive diseases, and immense suffering in humans and other animals around the world. The control of these parasites relies heavily on anthelmintic therapy,
What the policy and stewardship landscape of a national health research system looks like in a developing country like Iran: a qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The health research system (HRS) is an important national priority that requires a systematic and functional approach. Evaluating the HRS of Iran as a developing country and identifying it
Steering away from current amoxicillin dose reductions in hospitalized patients with impaired kidney function to avoid subtherapeutic drug exposure (Publications)
Current dose reductions recommended for amoxicillin in patients with impaired kidney function could lead to suboptimal treatments. In a prospective, observational study in hospitalized adults with var
The promotion and development of One Health at Swiss TPH and its greater potential (Publications)
One Health, an integrated health concept, is now an integral part of health research and development. One Health overlaps with other integrated approaches to health such as EcoHealth or Planetary Heal
Long term exposure to air pollution and kidney parenchyma cancer - effects of low-level air pollution: a study in Europe (ELAPSE) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Particulate matter (PM) is classified as a group 1 human carcinogen. Previous experimental studies suggest that particles in diesel exhaust induce oxidative stress, inflammation and DNA da
