Small-scale field evaluation of PermaNet® Dual (a long-lasting net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and deltamethrin) against... (Publications)
samples were 93.6 +/- 0.2% and 83.2 +/- 0.9% for PermaNet((R)) Dual, 37.5 +/- 2.9% and 14.4 +/- 3.9% for PermaNet((R)) 3.0, and 7.4 +/- 5.1% and 11.7 +/- 3.4% for PermaNet((R)) 2.0, respectively. Moreover, [...] percentage blood-feeding inhibition of 41.4 +/- 6.9% and 43.7 +/- 4.8% with PermaNet((R)) Dual, 51.0 +/- 5.7% and 9.8 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R)) 3.0, and 12.8 +/- 4.3% and - 13.0 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R))
Impact of the diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF on patient outcomes for tuberculosis (Review) (Publications)
all-cause mortality, both overall (risk ratio (RR) 0.89, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.75 to 1.05; 5 RCTs, 9932 participants, moderate-certainty evidence), and restricted to studies with six-month follow-up [...] mortality in participants known to be infected with HIV (odds ratio (OR) 0.80, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.96; 5 RCTs, 5855 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). It is uncertain whether Xpert MTB/RIF has no [...] on the proportion of participants who were treated for tuberculosis (RR 1.10,...
Synthesis of jacaranone-derived nitrogenous cyclohexadienones and their antiproliferative and antiprotozoal activities (Publications)
CCRF-CEM leukemia, HCT-116 colon cancer, U251 glioblastoma, and, in addition, non-tumorigenic MRC-5 lung fibroblasts. Antiproliferative activities at micromolar concentrations could be shown. Antiprotozoal
Data on <em>Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona</em> infection in meat workers in New Zealand (Publications)
against Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona in Meat Workers in New Zealand" (Pittavino et al., 2017) [5]. A prospective cohort study was conducted in four sheep slaughtering abattoirs in New Zealand (NZ)
Investigating sulfoxide-to-sulfone conversion as a prodrug strategy for a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinas inhibitor in a humanized mouse model of malaria (Publications)
The in vivo antimalarial efficacies of two PI4K inhibitors, a 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyrazine sulfoxide and its corresponding sulfone metabolite, were evaluated in the NOD-scid IL2Rgamma(null) (NSG) murine
<em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> egg excretion does not increase after exercise: implications for diagnostic testing (Publications)
positivity for S. haematobium (25.7% versus 23.0%, P = 0.31) and mean egg counts (10.2 eggs/10 mL versus 8.5 eggs/10 mL, P = 0.45) did not differ. Exercise before urine collection does not appear to increase S
Cardiovascular diseases risk factors among recently arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland (Publications)
two (2%) had a low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol > /= 4.1 mmol/l. Among the 48 participants (5 females, 43 males) followed, there were no significant changes in cardiovascular risk profile 1 year
Laboratory findings, compassionate use of favipiravir, and outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease, Guinea, 2015 - a retrospective observational... (Publications)
case fatality rate in favipiravir-treated patients was lower than in untreated patients (31/73 [42.5%] vs. 52/90 [57.8%], p = 0.053 in univariate analysis). In the multivariate regression analysis, higher
"Flexible lockdown" in Switzerland individual responsibility and the daily navigation of risk and protection (Publications)
This chapter focuses on this small, multilingual, mountainous country of 8.5 million inhabitants. It presents the preliminary results of a medical anthropology study called SociocoViD, which was developed
Present drugs and future perspectives in treating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (Publications)
(Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) are responsible for the infection of approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Preventive chemotherapy is the