Comparison of diagnostic methods for the detection and quantification of the four sympatric <em>Plasmodium</em> species in field samples from Papua... (Publications)
reduced risk of contamination, together with reduced costs per sample through reduced reaction volume, opens the possibility to implement qPCR in endemic settings as a suitable diagnostic tool for large epi
Potential associations between <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection and physico-chemical characteristics and water-related human activities in Côte... (Publications)
High infection prevalence was observed in villages where children were washing clothes and dishes at open surface water sites and pursued recreational activities (e.g. swimming and playing in the water).
Cohort profile: the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO): a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO) is a single-site, open and ongoing prospective cohort of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHIV) established in 2005
Viral and immune dynamics of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women with high temporal resolution (Publications)
to label because cervical immunity is less well characterised than systemic immunity. These results open new perspectives for understanding the frontier between acute and chronic infections, and for controlling
Epidemiological links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension: findings from a population-based survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
variations are needed to clarify involved biological mechanisms, toward comorbidity management.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Community effectiveness of pyriproxyfen as a dengue vector control method: a systematic review (Publications)
persistence of the intervention and may also slow down the development of insecticide resistance. Open questions concern concentration and frequency of application in the various treatments. Area-wide
Noma: giving a face to a deadly disease (Page)
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to this disease, as the sight of young children suffering from its effects is unbearable. It causes open wounds on the face and whole sections of the cheek appear to have been eaten away. Children who survive [...] neglected disease of global importance. Adding noma to the list of 21 neglected tropical diseases could open new doors for funding research programs to better understand the disease. It is also hoped that the
Spring Symposium 2017 (Page)
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and guidance development Programme Thursday, April 6 Registration and Welcome 08.30 Registration Opens 09.00 Setting the Stage, Xavier Bosch Capblanch, Swiss TPH Session 1 – Policy Makers’ Perspective
MSc in Epidemiology | Study at Swiss TPH (Page)
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Odermatt, Prof. Martin Röösli Contact: Pascal Gschwind (+41 61 284 83 60) Target Group: The course is open to students with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biology, Human, Dental or Veterinary Medicine, Ph
Research and implementation lessons learned from a youth-targeted digital health randomized controlled trial (the ARMADILLO Study) (Publications)
and their implications for digital health researchers and program implementers. METHODS: This was an open, three-armed RCT. Following completion of a baseline survey, participants were randomized into the