Rickettsial infections are neglected causes of acute febrile illness in Teluk Intan, Peninsular Malaysia (Publications)
Rickettsial infections are among the leading etiologies of acute febrile illness in Southeast Asia. However, recent data from Malaysia are limited. This prospective study was conducted in Teluk Intan,
Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A One Health approach has been increasingly mainstreamed by the international community, as it provides for holistic thinking in recognizing the close links and inter-dependence of the hea
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and selected health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
The health effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) continue to be of important public health interest. Following its well-cited 2010 critical review, the Health Effects Institute (HEI) appoint
Timely completion of childhood vaccination and its predictors in Burkina Faso (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite important progress in global vaccination coverage, many countries are still facing preventable disease outbreaks. Timely vaccination is important in getting adequate protection aga
A systematic molecular epidemiology screen reveals numerous human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 superinfections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Studying HIV-1 superinfection is important to understand virus transmission, disease progression, and vaccine design. But detection remains challenging, with low sampling frequencies, and
Drug resistance in leprosy: an update following 70 years of chemotherapy (Publications)
Leprosy is one of the oldest infectious diseases, reported for more than 2,000 years. Leprosy elimination goal as a public health problem set by the World Health Organization, aiming for a global prev
Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Although medical providers are a trusted vaccination information source for parents, they do not universally support vaccination. Complementary medicine (CM) providers are particularly like
Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data (Publications)
The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO, https://www.iddo.org) has launched a clinical data platform for the collation, curation, standardisation and reuse of individual participant data (IPD)
Diagnoses and procedures of inpatients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Swiss university hospitals: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can result in short and long-term complications, which can impact physical, psychological and sexual health. Our objective was to obtain descripti
