Interferons direct an effective innate response to Legionella pneumophila infection (Publications)
Legionella pneumophila remains an important opportunistic pathogen of human macrophages. Its more limited ability to replicate in murine macrophages has been attributed to redundant innate sensor syst
Alcohol consumption and other lifestyle factors: avoidable sources of excess lead exposure (Publications)
Lead concentration in whole blood of a representative sample of 471 subjects aged 20 to 74 years and living in Basle was determined in 1989/90 by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The partici
Long-term outcome in elderly patients with chronic angina managed invasively versus by optimized medical therapy: four-year follow-up of the... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There are no prospective trial data on long-term outcomes in 80-year-old patients with chronic angina with regard to antiischemic therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: To assess long-term survival
Size fractionate particulate matter, vehicle traffic, and case-specific daily mortality in Barcelona, Spain (Publications)
Recent epidemiological research suggests that short-term effects of particle matter (PM) in urban areas may preferentially be driven by fine fractions. Questions remain concerning the adversehealth ef
Staubförmige Verunreinigung der Luft (Publications)
Particulate matter air potlution. Suspended particulate matter is strongly associated with parameters defining respiratory health. Besides the total mass of particulates, the size distribution is of i
African 1, an epidemiologically important clonal complex of <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> dominant in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad (Publications)
We have identified a clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis present at high frequency in cattle in population samples from several sub-Saharan west-central African countries. This closely related group
Pacing pattern and speed skating performance in competitive long-distance events (Publications)
The present study was aimed to compare the pacing pattern adopted by women and men in races performed during a complete World Cup series. Elite skaters competed in long-distance races of different len