Abdominal decompression after cardiac surgery: outcome of 42 patients with abdominal compartment syndrome (Publications)
Patient characteristics, details on the cardiac surgery, mortality rate and type of treatment of the open abdomen were analyzed. RESULTS: Incidence of ACS in cardiac surgery patients was 1.0% (n = 42/4128)
AnophelesModel: an R package to interface mosquito bionomics, human exposure and intervention effects with models of malaria intervention impact (Publications)
available for different geographical regions, we developed AnophelesModel. AnophelesModel is an online, open-access R package that quantifies the impact of vector control interventions depending on mosquito
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in children and adolescents with COVID-19: a systematic review (Publications)
long-term consequences following a VOC infection. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: The COVID-19 Open Access Project database was searched up to 1 March 2022 and PubMed was searched up to 9 May 2022.
Treatment strategies to control blood pressure in people with hypertension in Tanzania and Lesotho: a randomized clinical trial (Publications)
among persons with untreated hypertension in Africa. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was an open-label, parallel, 3-arm randomized clinical trial to evaluate noninferiority of a strategy starting
A cluster randomized trial assessing the effect of a digital health algorithm on quality of care in Tanzania (DYNAMIC study) (Publications)
. However, data from real-world randomized trials are lacking. We conducted a cluster randomized, open-label trial in Tanzania evaluating the use of a digital clinical decision support algorithm (CDSA)
Semi-field evaluation of a volatile transfluthrin-based intervention reveals efficacy as a spatial repellent and evidence of other modes of action (Publications)
biting is suspected to contribute to malaria transmission, where people are active in the evening in open-walled outdoor kitchens. This study assessed the VPSR in replica kitchens within a controlled semi-field
Epidemiology and Viral Evolution | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/mpi/epidemiology-and-viral-evolution
insights into the ever-evolving 'dance' between viruses and humans. Pathoplexus Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering [...] looking at factors like reinfection, waning immunity, and immune pressure on viral epitopes. Using an open-source resource on Nextstrain, the research will facilitate real-time tracking of NP-EV evolution
Swiss TPH AlumNet – Swiss TPH's Alumni Network (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/study-with-us/alumnet
a healthier place! Subscribe to the newsletter! AlumNet Activities For now, the alumni network is open to everyone who graduated with an MSc, PhD, MAS/MBA, DAS or CAS degree from Swiss TPH. The AlumNet [...] workplace conversations with clarity and confidence – and connect over an apéro afterwards. The event is open for current and former Swiss TPH students. It will take place on 7 May 2025 from 16:30 to 18:30 at
Implementation of a Digital Clinical Decision Support System / ICRC Libya (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/implementation-of-a-digital-clinical-decision-support-system-/-icrc-libya
health outcomes had been proven in a large-scale scientific evaluation (Schmitz T, Beynon F et al. BMJ Open 2022; doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055315). In 2021, ICRC decided to replicate the ALMANACH project for [...] Ministry of Health Development of the ICT code to transcribe the clinical content to be processed by an open-source software called Community Health Toolkit (CHT) Elaboration of training material and facilitation
KvarQ: Targeted and direct variant calling in FastQ reads of bacterial genomes (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/mpi/tuberculosis-ecology-and-evolution/kvarq-targeted-and-direct-variant-calling-in-fastq-reads-of-bacterial-genomes
ng (the latter adapted and modified from SpolPred). Software KvarQ is written in Python and C, is open-source and published under GNU GPLv3. Pre-compiled packages are available for Windows 7 or later,