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1. Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa (Publications)

   Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa

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   Factors driving the increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, are not understood. A convenience sample of 309 drug-susceptible and 342 multidrug-resistan

2. An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009 (Publications)

   An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009

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   Background: In Vietnam, reports either present general patterns of internal migration or the migration characteristics of specific subgroups. Reports are often based on small numbers and do not examin

3. Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris) (Publications)

   Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris)

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   BACKGROUND: Bulky DNA adducts reflect genotoxic exposures, have been associated with lower birthweight and may predict cancer risk. AIM: We selected factors known or hypothesized to affect in utero ad

4. Impact of geocoding methods on associations between long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung function (Publications)

   Impact of geocoding methods on associations between long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung function

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   BACKGROUND: Errors in address geocodes may impact estimates of the effects of air pollution on health. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the impact of four geocoding techniques on the association between urb

5. In silicio prediction of antimalarial drug target candidates (Publications)

   In silicio prediction of antimalarial drug target candidates

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6. Mapping of genotype-phenotype diversity amongst clinical isolates of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> by sequence-based transcriptional profiling (Publications)

   Mapping of genotype-phenotype diversity amongst clinical isolates of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> by sequence-based transcriptional profiling

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   Genome sequencing has identified an extensive repertoire of single nucleotide polymorphisms among clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the extent to which these differences influence p

7. Ecohealth approach to urban waste management: exposure to environmental pollutants and health risks in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)

   Ecohealth approach to urban waste management: exposure to environmental pollutants and health risks in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

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   Poor waste management is a key driver of ill-health in urban settlements of developing countries. The current study aimed at assessing environmental and human health risks related to urban waste manag

8. Repurposing drugs for the treatment and control of helminth infections (Publications)

   Repurposing drugs for the treatment and control of helminth infections

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9. Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland (Publications)

   Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland

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   PRINCIPLES: Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons of variable population size and cultural characteristics. Although a federal law to protect against passive smoking and a national tobacco control pr

10. Diagnostics are central for a truly holistic approach against intestinal parasitic diseases (Publications)

    Diagnostics are central for a truly holistic approach against intestinal parasitic diseases

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    This is a perspectives piece on the central role of diagnostics for a truly holistic approach against gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic diseases. This article was motivated by a recent review in the Int