<em>Strongyloides ratti</em>: in vitro and in vivo activity of tribendimidine (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strongyloidiasis is a truly neglected tropical disease, but its public health significance is far from being negligible. At present, only a few drugs are available for the treatment and control
Tick-borne diseases in Switzerland and climate change (Publications)
control, more data on a sufficiently detailed spatio-temporal resolution are necessary. From a public health perspective, the adapted Swiss vaccination plan is a first step to reduce numbers of patients
Effect of combinations of marketed human anthelmintic drugs against <em>Trichuris muris</em> <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are responsible for a huge public health burden, however treatment options are limited. The discovery and development of novel efficacious
Comparison of three in-house real PCR assays targeting kinetoplast DNA, the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and the glucose-6-phosphate isomerase... (Publications)
Tropical Pathogens Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute were used. The sensitivities of kinetoplast DNA-PCR, ssrRNA-gene PCR, and gpi-PCR were
More than seven decades of <em>Acta Tropica</em>: partnership to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Publications)
in favour of more specialised expertise in various fields of infectious diseases research and public health with a particular emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. Yet, by examining first and last
A research agenda for malaria eradication: monitoring, evaluation, and surveillance (Publications)
Monitoring, evaluation, and surveillance measure how well public health programs operate over time and achieve their goals. As countries approach malaria elimination, these activities will need to shift
Long-term effects of ambient air pollution on lung function: a review (Publications)
function is an important measure of respiratory health and a predictor of cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. Over the past 2 decades, more than 50 publications have investigated long-term effects of ambient
Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren in German-speaking Switzerland compared to seven countries in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Overweight in children and adolescents have increased significantly and are a major public health problem. To allow international comparisons, Switzerland joined the European study 'ENERGY' cross
The EXPOLIS study: implications for exposure research and environmental policy in Europe (Publications)
Exposure analysis is a crucial part of effective management of public health risks caused by pollutants and chemicals in our environment. During the last decades, more data required for exposure analysis
Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission and control: modelling frameworks, lessons learned and future directions (Publications)
is now especially true, in view of the ambitious target to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem globally by the year 2020 and the short remaining timeline to achieve this. To meet this