The impact of a depression awareness campaign on mental health literacy and mental morbidity among gay men (Publications)
BACKGROUND: High prevalences of depression and suicidality have been found among gay men. This paper assesses the possible impact of Blues-out, a depression awareness campaign based on the European Al
Preparedness of anesthesiologists working in humanitarian disasters (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Many skills needed to provide patients with safe, timely, and adequate anesthesia care during humanitarian crisis and disaster relief operations are not part of the daily routine before dep
Geschlechtsunterschiede in Gesundheit und Gesundheitsverhalten (Publications)
The higher life expectancy of women is contrasting with the higher female morbidity known from health interview surveys and statistics on use of health services. In the Swiss Health Survey SOMIPOPS, w
Vector-borne diseases in humans and animals: activities of the Swiss Tropical Institut and risks for Switzerland (Publications)
The recent outbreak of anaplasmosis in a Swiss cattle herd triggered a discussion of the risk of vector-borne diseases in animals and humans in relation to climate changes and other factors. This over
Risk perception of travelers to tropical and subtropical countries visiting a Swiss travel health center (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the risk perception ratings of travelers pre- and post-travel and in comparison to the ratings by travel health experts. While most surveys on travel health knowledge,
3,5-Diaryl-2-aminopyridines as a novel class of orally active antimalarials demonstrating single dose cure in mice and clinical candidate potential (Publications)
A novel class of orally active antimalarial 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyridines has been identified from phenotypic whole cell high-throughput screening of a commercially available SoftFocus kinase library. T
The public health significance and control of schistosomiasis in China - then and now (Publications)
The description of schistosomiasis in China dates back more than two millennia. The disease caused social and economic hardship, and the rates of morbidity and mortality were high. In the mid 1950s, w
Phosphatidic acid is a pH biosensor that links membrane biogenesis to metabolism (Publications)
Recognition of lipids by proteins is important for their targeting and activation in many signaling pathways, but the mechanisms that regulate such interactions are largely unknown. Here, we found tha
Heritability of gastrointestinal nematode faecal egg counts in West African village N'Dama cattle and its relation to age (Publications)
Offspring-dam regression was used to estimate the heritability of strongyle faecal egg counts (FEC) of traditionally raised West African N'Dama cattle in the Central River Division in The Gambia. Faec
