Nutrition as a driver and outcome of agroecology (Publications)
The principles of agroecology do not explicitly state a link with nutrition. Yet, we argue that among them, input reduction, biodiversity, economic diversification, social values and diets, fairness,
CDC light traps underestimate the protective efficacy of an indoor spatial repellent against bites from wild <em>Anopheles arabiensis </em>mosquitoes... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Methods for evaluating efficacy of core malaria interventions in experimental and operational settings are well established but gaps exist for spatial repellents (SR). The objective of thi
Feasibility and acceptability of a strategy deploying multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated malaria in the... (Publications)
(1) Background: Effective malaria case management relies on World Health Organization (WHO) recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), but partial resistance to artemisinin has emerge
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a preliminary survey among patients in Switzerland (Publications)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multi-factorial systemic chronic debilitating disease of poorly understood etiology and limited systematic evidence. The questionnaire
Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and male reproductive health: challenging the future with a double-edged sword (Publications)
Approximately 9% of couples are infertile, with half of these cases relating to male factors. While many cases of male infertility are associated with genetic and lifestyle factors, approximately 30%
The association between real-life markers of phone use and cognitive performance, health-related quality of life and sleep (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The real-life short-term implications of electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on cognitive performance and health-related quality of life have not been well studied. The SPUTNIC study (Study
Exposure to ambient air pollution and elevated blood levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase in a large Austrian cohort (Publications)
Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) is related to oxidative stress and an indicator for liver damage. We investigated the association between air pollution and GGT in a large Austrian cohort (N = 116,109
Examining the early distribution of the artemisinin-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> kelch13 R561H mutation in areas of higher transmission in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin resistance mutations in Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 (Pfk13) have begun to emerge in Africa, with Pfk13-R561H being the first reported in Rwanda in 2014, but limited sampling
A systematic outbreak investigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission clusters in a tertiary academic care center (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We sought to decipher transmission pathways in healthcare-associated infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within our hospital by epidemiological wor