Ready-to-go questionnaire - development and validation of a novel medical pre-travel risk stratification tool (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There are no validated pre-travel self-assessment tools to stratify travellers' health risks and identify their needs for pre-travel medical preparation. This study presents a novel pre-tr
Long-term air pollution exposure and pneumonia related mortality in a large pooled European cohort (Publications)
RATIONALE: Ambient air pollution exposure has been linked to mortality from chronic cardiorespiratory diseases, while evidence on respiratory infections remains more limited. OBJECTIVES: We examined t
Modeling exposure to airborne metals using moss biomonitoring in cemeteries in two urban areas around Paris and Lyon in France (Publications)
Exposure of the general population to airborne metals remains poorly estimated despite the potential health risks. Passive moss biomonitoring can proxy air quality at fine resolution over large areas,
Combination of MALDI-TOf mass spectrometry and machine learning for rapid antimicrobial resistance screening: the CASE of <em>Campylobacter </em>spp (Publications)
While MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) is widely considered as the reference method for the rapid and inexpensive identification of microorganisms in routine laboratories, less attention has been addr
Travel behaviours and health outcomes during travel: profiling destination-specific risks in a prospective mHealth cohort of Swiss travellers (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We used a mobile application to determine the incidence of health events and risk behaviours during travel by country and identify which health risks are significantly elevated during trav
Malnutrition, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and parasitic infections among schoolchildren in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and parasitic infections continue to impact the nutritional status and health of children in lower-income countries, however not enough data
Compliance with recommended <em>Varroa destructor</em> treatment regimens improves the survival of honey bee colonies over winter (Publications)
The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor affects honey bee colony health and survival negatively, thus compelling beekeepers to treat their colonies every year. A broadly used mite control regimen is
Prevalence, incidence and predictors of renal impairment in persons with HIV receiving protease-inhibitors in rural Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors (bPI) in people living with HIV (PLWH) have been associated with renal impairment. Limited data are available from rural sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: U
Leishmaniasis in Europe and Central Asia: epidemiology, impact of habitat and lifestyle changes, HIV coinfection (Publications)
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are endemic to the European region. Mainly the Mediterranean basin, southern Cauca sus, and Central Asia have a long history of outbreaks a
Diagnosis and treatment of neglected tropical diseases in Europe: laboratory infrastructure, diagnostic techniques, disease notification, and... (Publications)
An accurate laboratory diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is crucial for targeted treatment, as the clinical symptomatology alone is frequently insufficient to distinguish between specifi
