Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Stepped and Collaborative Care Models (SCCMs) have shown potential for improving mental health care. Most SCCMs have been used in primary care settings. At the core of such models are init
The rise of AI: how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing infectious disease control (Publications)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven to be an effective tool in predicting, detecting, and mitigating the spread of infectious diseases, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The technology is i
Multiplexed ddPCR-amplicon sequencing reveals isolated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> populations amenable to local elimination in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Publications)
Zanzibar has made significant progress toward malaria elimination, but recent stagnation requires novel approaches. We developed a highly multiplexed droplet digital PCR (ddPCR)-based amplicon sequenc
Factors associated with COVID-19 non-vaccination in Switzerland: a nationwide study (Publications)
Objectives: We compared socio-demographic characteristics, health-related variables, vaccination-related beliefs and attitudes, vaccination acceptance, and personality traits of individuals who vaccin
From contigs towards chromosomes: automatic improvement of long read assemblies (ILRA) (Publications)
Recent advances in long read technologies not only enable large consortia to aim to sequence all eukaryotes on Earth, but they also allow individual laboratories to sequence their species of interest
Plasma concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration in Project Viva (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may disrupt mammary gland development and function; thereby inhibiting milk supply and breastfeeding duration. However, conclusions on the potent
Cyanotriazoles are selective topoisomerase II poisons that rapidly cure trypanosome infections (Publications)
Millions who live in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of trypanosomatid infections, which cause Chagas disease and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Improved HAT treatments are avai
Effect of compensatory evolution in the emergence and transmission of rifampicin-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>in Cape Town, South... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Experimental data show that drug-resistance-conferring mutations are often associated with a decrease in the replicative fitness of bacteria in vitro, and that this fitness cost can be mit
Association of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution with retinal neurodegeneration: the prospective Alienor study (Publications)
Chronic exposure to air pollution may have adverse effects on neurodegenerative diseases. Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, is a neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve,
