Heart rate variability in an ageing population and its association with lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors: results of the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
AIMS: (i) To report associations between cardiovascular risk factors and heart rate variability (HRV) in a general population and (ii) to provide normal values for various HRV measurements in a health
Variation in survival after diagnosis of breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Survival after diagnosis of cancer is a key criterion for cancer control. Major survival differences between time periods and countries have been reported by the EUROCARE studies. We inves
Quantification of diarrhea risk related to wastewater contact in Thailand (Publications)
Wastewater reuse contributes to closing the nutrient recycling loop as a sustainable way of managing water resources. Bangkok has over a thousand man-made drainage and irrigation canals for such purpo
Antitrypanosomal activity of 1,2-dihydroquinolin-6-ols and their ester derivatives (Publications)
The current chemotherapy for second stage human African trypanosomiasis is unsatisfactory. A synthetic optimization study based on the lead antitrypanosomal compound 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoli
Antigenic cross-reactivity between different alleles of the <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>merozoite surface protein 2 (Publications)
The polymorphic domain of the gene encoding Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) was PCR amplified from blood of malaria patients, genotyped, and 19 distinct fragments were cloned
Alkyl and dialkylaminoethyl derivatives of 5-amino-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes and their antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities (Publications)
N-Alkyl and N-(2-dialkylaminoethyl) derivatives of 5-amino-2-azabicyclo-nonanes were prepared and tested in vitro for their activities against the multidrug-resistant K1 strain of Plasmodium falciparu
Rapid propagation of <em>Norovirus </em>gastrointestinal illness through multiple nursing homes following a pilgrimage (Publications)
Reported here is an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus infection that affected at least 450 persons from nursing homes and similar institutions in Switzerland during and after an organised p