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1. Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country (Publications)

   Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country

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   BACKGROUND: Culture contamination with environmental bacteria is a major challenge in tuberculosis (TB) laboratories in hot and humid climate zones. We studied the effect of cetylpyridinium chloride (

2. Live and stillborn very low birthweight infants in Switzerland: comparison between hospital based birth registers and the national birth register (Publications)

   Live and stillborn very low birthweight infants in Switzerland: comparison between hospital based birth registers and the national birth register

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   Background and aim: Perinatal and infant mortality rates are considered key indicators of medical care. The aim of this investigation was to examine how representative and reliable the official nation

3. Mixed Th1 and Th2 <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>-specific CD4 T cell responses in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis from Tanzania (Publications)

   Mixed Th1 and Th2 <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>-specific CD4 T cell responses in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis from Tanzania

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   Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and helminth infections elicit antagonistic immune effector functions and are co-endemic in several regions of the world. We therefore hypothesized that helminth infec

4. Treatment of human and livestock helminth infections in a mobile pastoralist setting at Lake Chad: attitudes to health and analysis of active... (Publications)

   Treatment of human and livestock helminth infections in a mobile pastoralist setting at Lake Chad: attitudes to health and analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients of locally available anthelminthic drugs

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   Mobile pastoralists face challenges in accessing quality health care and medication for managing human and animal diseases. We determined livestock disease priorities, health seeking behaviour of peop

5. Antischistosomal activity of pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivatives and correlation with inhibition of beta-hematin formation (Publications)

   Antischistosomal activity of pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivatives and correlation with inhibition of beta-hematin formation

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   The extensive use of praziquantel against schistosomiasis raises concerns about drug resistance. New therapeutic alternatives targeting critical pathways within the parasite are therefore urgently nee

6. High awareness but low coverage of a locally produced fortified complementary food in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: findings from a cross-sectional... (Publications)

   High awareness but low coverage of a locally produced fortified complementary food in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: findings from a cross-sectional survey

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   Poor complementary feeding practices among infants and young children in Cote d'Ivoire are major contributing factors to the country's high burden of malnutrition. As part of a broad effort to address

7. Haemoglobin changes and risk of anaemia following treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)

   Haemoglobin changes and risk of anaemia following treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

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   BACKGROUND: Anaemia is common in malaria. It is important to quantitate the risk of anaemia and to distinguish factors related to the natural history of disease from potential drug toxicity. METHODS:

8. Natural immune response to <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>alpha-helical coiled coil protein motifs and its association with the risk of <em>P. vivax</em>... (Publications)

   Natural immune response to <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>alpha-helical coiled coil protein motifs and its association with the risk of <em>P. vivax</em> malaria

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   Protein alpha-helical coiled coil structures are known to induce antibodies able to block critical functions in different pathogens. In a previous study, a total of 50 proteins of Plasmodium vivax ery

9. Evaluation einer Geburtsvorbereitung in der Muttersprache (Publications)

   Evaluation einer Geburtsvorbereitung in der Muttersprache

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10. The within-host population dynamics of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosi</em>s vary with treatment efficacy (Publications)

    The within-host population dynamics of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosi</em>s vary with treatment efficacy

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    BACKGROUND: Combination therapy is one of the most effective tools for limiting the emergence of drug resistance in pathogens. Despite the widespread adoption of combination therapy across diseases, d