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1. Excess mortality during the warm summer of 2015 in Switzerland (Publications)

   Excess mortality during the warm summer of 2015 in Switzerland

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   QUESTION UNDER STUDY: In Switzerland, summer 2015 was the second warmest summer for 150 years (after summer 2003). For summer 2003, a 6.9% excess mortality was estimated for Switzerland, which corresp

2. Comparison of <em>Leishmania</em> typing results obtained from 16 European clinical laboratories in 2014 (Publications)

   Comparison of <em>Leishmania</em> typing results obtained from 16 European clinical laboratories in 2014

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   Leishmaniasis is endemic in southern Europe, and in other European countries cases are diagnosed in travellers who have visited affected areas both within the continent and beyond. Prompt and accurate

3. Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda (Publications)

   Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda

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   BACKGROUND: Plasmodium infection and malaria in school children are increasingly recognized as a relevant public health problem, but data on actual prevalence and health consequences are insufficient.

4. Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors in communities exposed to wastewater in urban and peri-urban transition zones in Hanoi,... (Publications)

   Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors in communities exposed to wastewater in urban and peri-urban transition zones in Hanoi, Vietnam

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   BACKGROUND: Infections with intestinal parasites (helminths and intestinal protozoa) are endemic in Southeast Asia and inappropriate management and reuse of wastewater might exacerbate the risk of hum

5. <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages (Publications)

   <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages

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   Generalist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collection of Mycobacte

6. Gnathostomiasis in Brazil: an emerging disease with a challenging diagnosis (Publications)

   Gnathostomiasis in Brazil: an emerging disease with a challenging diagnosis

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   This case report describes the second reported case of gnathostomiasis acquired in Brazil. The French traveller returned from a sport fishing trip from Tocantins where he was repeatedly consuming raw

7. <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> endocarditis as a complication of toxocariasis-associated endomyocarditis with fibrosis: a case report (Publications)

   <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> endocarditis as a complication of toxocariasis-associated endomyocarditis with fibrosis: a case report

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   Complications associated with Toxocara canis infection are rare. We present a case of a patient with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis as a complication of an endomyocardial fibrosis caused by T cani

8. Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study (Publications)

   Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study

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   BACKGROUND: Lack of an adequate and well-performing health workforce has emerged as the biggest barrier to scaling up health services provision in sub-Saharan Africa. As the global community commits t

9. 2,N6-disubstituted adenosine analogs with antitrypanosomal and antimalarial activities (Publications)

   2,N6-disubstituted adenosine analogs with antitrypanosomal and antimalarial activities

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   A library of 2,N(6)-disubstituted adenosine analogs was synthesized and the analogs were tested for their antiprotozoal activities. It was found that 2-methoxy and 2-histamino and N(6)-m-iodobenzyl su

10. Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: a simulation of two epidemics in Kenya (Publications)

    Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: a simulation of two epidemics in Kenya

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    In controlling Rift Valley fever, public health sector optimises health benefits by considering cost-effective control options. We modelled cost-effectiveness of livestock RVF control from a public he