Methods and exploratory findings of the first Swiss agricultural health cohort FarmCoSwiss (Publications)
FarmCoSwiss is Switzerland's first agricultural cohort study on farmers' health and wellbeing. It aims to longitudinally describe farmers' mental and physical health and identify risk and protective f
Comparison of air pollution exposure assessment methods and the association with children's respiratory health (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological studies of the associations of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution with asthma onset and lung function in children have used different exposure assessment methods
Incidence and duration of human papillomavirus infections in young women: insights from a bimonthly follow-up cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We studied the duration of HPV detection and risk of (re-) detection for 25 HPV genotypes in a cohort of 132 women followed every eight weeks for up to two years between 2016 and 2020. Par
Soluble immune mediators orchestrate protective <em>in vitro</em> granulomatous responses across <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex lineages (Publications)
The members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causing human tuberculosis comprise 10 phylogenetic lineages that differ in their geographical distribution. The human consequences of this
The importance of murine models in determining <em>in vivo</em> pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy in antimalarial drug discovery (Publications)
New chemical entities are constantly being investigated towards antimalarial drug discovery, and they require animal models for toxicity and efficacy testing. Murine models show physiological similari
Antiprotozoal aminosteroids from <em>Pachysandra terminalis</em> (Publications)
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (Tbr) and Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) are protozoan parasites that cause severe diseases, namely, Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Malaria. Due to limited treatmen
Estimating the hole surface area of insecticide-treated nets using image analysis, manual hole counting and exact hole measurements (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The physical integrity of insecticidal-treated nets (ITNs) is important for creating a barrier against host-seeking mosquitoes and, therefore, influences people's perception of the net's e
Factors shaping cleaning and disinfection practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cleaning and disinfection of the physical environment is important as it can reduce the transmission of microorganisms. However, adherence to cleaning and disinfection protocols varies due
