Liposomal amphotericin B in travelers with cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis: not a panacea (Publications)
28-803]. Main clinical forms were: localized CL with one or multiple lesions (n = 32; 74%) and MCL (n = 8; 19%). As per published criteria 19 of 41 patients (46%) were cured 90 days after one course of L-AmB [...] tegumentary infection with L. infantum was associated with complete healing after L-AmB therapy (OR 5.8 IC 95% [1.03-32]) while infection with other species had no impact on outcome. CONCLUSION: In conditions
Safety of live vaccines on immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy-a retrospective study in three Swiss travel clinics (Publications)
treatment, e.g. TNF-alpha inhibitors (n = 8). Systemic reactions were observed in 12.2% of the immunosuppressed vs 13.3% of controls; local reactions in 7.8% of the immunosuppressed vs 11.7% of controls
Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
analysis was limited to S. mansoni. Boys were 7.8 times more likely to be infected with S. mansoni than girls. Children between 10 and 15 years of age were 3.8 times more likely to be infected than their younger
Modelling the vertical gradient of nitrogen dioxide in an urban area (Publications)
at ground level and those at higher floors for both seasons. The median concentration decrease was 8.1% at 10m above street level in winter and 10.4% in summer. The decrease with height was sharper at [...] was able to predict ground floor and higher floor concentrations with a model R(2) of 0.84 (RMSE 3.8mug/m(3)) and without systematic bias. DISCUSSION: Height above the ground is a relevant determinant
Gender differences in the association between life history of body silhouettes and asthma incidence: results from the SAPALDIA cohort study (Publications)
subjects who were asthma free at age 8, followed up to 2011, and had complete covariate information. The main predictor of interest was self-reported body silhouettes at age 8, menarche, 30, 45, menopause, and
Active dispersal of <em>Aedes albopictus</em>: a mark-release-recapture study using self-marking units (Publications)
is usually deemed sufficient for vector containment. The average age of females and males was 8.6 days and 7.8 days in Coldrerio and Lugano, respectively, while the estimated mosquito population densities
Challenges in diagnosing scrub typhus among hospitalized patients with undifferentiated fever at a national tertiary hospital in northern Vietnam (Publications)
ferase elevation were significantly associated with ST cases (adjusted odds ratios (aORs): 2.8, 3.07, 48.8, 3.51, and 4.13, respectively), and having a comorbidity and neutrophilia were significantly less
Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso (Publications)
confidenceinterval (CI) 3.8e5.6 mmol/L), compared to non-cyanide using miners (3.4 mmol/L, 95% CI 2.9e3.7 mmol/L) and other community members not involved in mining activities (2.8 mmol/L, 95% CI 2.4e3.2
Agenda 8 February 2024: Improving Access to Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) 17 June 2023: Swiss TPH Open House 21-22 March 2023: The Tuberculosis Pandemic – a Call to Action 8 February
The impact of <em>Loa loa</em> microfilaraemia on research subject retention during a whole sporozoite malaria vaccine trial in Equatorial Guinea (Publications)
Loa loa microfilariae were found on thick blood smears (TBSs) from 8 of 300 (2.7%) residents of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, during a Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite malaria vaccine clinical trial
