The influence of human interaction on guinea pigs: behavioral and thermographic changes during animal-assisted therapy (Publications)
Guinea pigs are often involved in animal-assisted therapy (AAT) but there is little knowledge about the effects of human contact on guinea pigs involved in AAT. The aim of this study was to investigat
Multiple merger genealogies in outbreaks of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
The Kingman coalescent and its developments are often considered among the most important advances in population genetics of the last decades. Demographic inference based on coalescent theory has been
Anthropozoonotic parasites circulating in synanthropic and pacific colonies of South American sea lions (<em>Otaria flavescens</em>): non-invasive... (Publications)
Since late 1970s, the southern Chilean city Valdivia constitutes home for a unique bachelor group of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens), initially descendant from colonies at the Pacific coa
Guidelines for modeling and reporting health effects of climate change mitigation actions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Modeling suggests that climate change mitigation actions can have substantial human health benefits that accrue quickly and locally. Documenting the benefits can help drive more ambitious
Clinical trial evidence supporting US Food and Drug Administration approval of novel cancer therapies between 2000 and 2016 (Publications)
Importance: Clinical trial evidence used to support drug approval is typically the only information on benefits and harms that patients and clinicians can use for decision-making when novel cancer the
TOURIST2 - tracking of urgent risks in Swiss travellers to the 6 main travel destinations - feasibility and ethical considerations of a smartphone... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The adoption of mHealth technology in travel medicine is a relatively new and unexplored field. We have further developed a TRAVEL application (app) for real-time data monitoring during tr
Association of activities related to pesticide exposure on headache severity and neurodevelopment of school-children in the rural agricultural... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Children and adolescents living in agricultural areas are likely to be exposed to mixtures of pesticides during their daily activities, which may impair their neurodevelopment. We investiga
Lifelong exposure to air pollution and greenness in relation to asthma, rhinitis and lung function in adulthood (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate if air pollution and greenness exposure from birth till adulthood affects adult asthma, rhinitis and lung function. METHODS: We analysed data from 3428 participants (mean ag