The creation of an indicator for the health effect of air pollutants (Publications)
The department of social and preventive medicine of the University of Basle is conducting an epidemiologic study on the health effect of air pollution on preschool children. Nitrogen dioxide in childr
The competitive cost of antibiotic resistance in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Mathematical models predict that the future of the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic will depend on the fitness cost of drug resistance. We show that in laboratory-derived mutants of Mycobacte
Global phylogeography of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> and implications for tuberculosis product development (Publications)
New tools for controlling tuberculosis are urgently needed. Despite our emerging understanding of the biogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the implications for development of new diagnostics, d