Examining the representativeness of home outdoor PM2.5, EC, and OC estimates for daily personal exposures in southern California (Publications)
Recent studies have linked acute respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes to measurements or estimates of traffic-related air pollutants at homes or schools. However, few studies have evaluated these o
An estimation of the entomological inoculation rate for Ifakara: a semi-urban area in a region of intense malaria transmission in Tanzania (Publications)
An entomological study on vectors of malaria and their relative contribution to Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the semi-urban area of Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania, was conducted. A total of
Passive immunoprotection of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>-infected mice designates the CyRPA as candidate malaria vaccine antigen (Publications)
An effective malaria vaccine could prove to be the most cost-effective and efficacious means of preventing severe disease and death from malaria. In an endeavor to identify novel vaccine targets, we t
Vitamin D supplementation in Swiss infants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Various recent publications reported clinical manifestations of vitamin D deficiency in infants. Furthermore new research revealed additional properties of vitamin D for bone health and in
Daten zum Übergewicht und zu Ernährungsgewohnheiten aus der Schweizerischen Gesundheitsbefragung 2007 (Publications)
The 2007 Swiss Health Survey is the fourth survey conducted by the Federal Office of Statistics in intervals of five years. Data are collected from a random sample (n = 18760) of persons aged 15 and o
Performance of analytical methods for overdispersed counts in cluster randomized trials: sample size, degree of clustering and imbalance (Publications)
Many different methods have been proposed for the analysis of cluster randomized trials (CRTs) over the last 30 years. However, the evaluation of methods on overdispersed count data has been based mos
Immunoglobulin kappa light-chain V, J, and C gene sequences of the owl monkey <em>Aotus nancymaae</em> (Publications)
Sequences of Aotus nancymaae immunoglobulin kappa light-chain rearrangements were analyzed after reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Among 22 in-frame rearrangements analyzed, 12 IGKV gen
Identification of <em>Staphylococcus intermedius</em> group by MALDI-TOF MS (Publications)
The Staphylococcus intermedius Group includes S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius and S. delphini, coagulase-positive bacteria commonly isolated from animals. The identification of organisms belonging
IGF1 genotype, mean plasma level and breast cancer risk in the Hawaii/Los Angeles multiethnic cohort (Publications)
The insulin-like growth factor 1 gene (IGF1) is a strong candidate gene for a breast cancer susceptibility model. We investigated a dinucleotide repeat 969 bp upstream from the transcription start sit
First clinical trial of purified, irradiated malaria sporozoites in humans (Publications)
Evaluation of: Epstein JE, Tewari K, Lyke KE et al. Live attenuated malaria vaccine designed to protect through hepatic CD8 T cell immunity. Science 334(6055), 475-480 (2011). Purified, irradiated, me
