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1. Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: a systematic review and Bayesian... (Publications)

   Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis

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   BACKGROUND: In South Asia, hundreds of millions of people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura). However, high-resolution risk profiles

2. Predicting fine-scale daily NO2 for 2005-2016 incorporating OMI satellite data across Switzerland (Publications)

   Predicting fine-scale daily NO2 for 2005-2016 incorporating OMI satellite data across Switzerland

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   Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) remains an important traffic-related pollutant associated with both short- and long-term health effects. We aim to model daily average NO2 concentrations in Switzerland in a mul

3. Health impact assessment and health equity in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (Publications)

   Health impact assessment and health equity in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

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   Background:Naturalresourceextractionprojectscanhavepositivebutalsonegativeeffectsonthehealthofaffectedcommunities, governed by demographic, economic, environmental, physical and social changes. Negati

4. Outdoor air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma across Europe (Publications)

   Outdoor air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma across Europe

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   BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that air pollution may contribute to childhood asthma development. We estimated the burden of incident childhood asthma that may be attributable to outdoor NO2,

5. Time-course of upper respiratory tract viral infection and COPD exacerbation (Publications)

   Time-course of upper respiratory tract viral infection and COPD exacerbation

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   Viral respiratory tract infections have been implicated as the predominant risk factor for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). We aimed to evaluate, longitudinally, the association between upper res

6. Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland (Publications)

   Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland

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   BACKGROUND: Only a few studies have examined the impact of a particular heat event on morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissio

7. Five-year impact of different multi-year mass drug administration strategies on childhood <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>-associated morbidity: a... (Publications)

   Five-year impact of different multi-year mass drug administration strategies on childhood <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>-associated morbidity: a combined analysis from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation cohort studies in

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   The WHO recommends mass treatment with praziquantel as the primary approach for Schistosoma mansoni-related morbidity control in endemic populations. The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Res

8. Safety profile of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menafrivac™) in clinical trials and vaccination campaigns: a review of published studies (Publications)

   Safety profile of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menafrivac™) in clinical trials and vaccination campaigns: a review of published studies

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   The study aimed to assess the capacity of AEFI surveillance during vaccination campaigns with the new conjugate meningitis vaccine (MenAfrivac). A systematic review of studies on MenAfrivac published

9. Entomological assessment of lymphatic filariasis in "hotspot" and control districts after several rounds of mass drug administration in Ghana (Publications)

   Entomological assessment of lymphatic filariasis in "hotspot" and control districts after several rounds of mass drug administration in Ghana

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10. Mechanistic dose-response modelling of animal challenge data shows that intact skin is a crucial barrier to leptospiral infection (Publications)

    Mechanistic dose-response modelling of animal challenge data shows that intact skin is a crucial barrier to leptospiral infection

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    Leptospirosis is a widespread and potentially life-threatening zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira. Humans become infected primarily via contact with environmental reservoi