Incidence and types of illness when traveling to the tropics: a prospective controlled study of children and their parents (Publications)
rates of common illness in children and adults were respectively 16.9 (14.3-19.7) and 15.1 (12.7-17.8) episodes/100 person-weeks. Diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever were the most frequent complaints. There
Accuracy of malaria diagnosis by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test, and PCR methods and evidence of antimalarial overprescription in non-severe... (Publications)
accuracies were 93.5% and 97.6%, respectively. Overprescription and underdiagnosis rates were 29.3% and 30.8%, respectively. On-field training, clinical management of febrile illness, and malaria microscopy in
Investing in justice: ethics, evidence, and the eradication investment cases for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis (Publications)
candidates for eradication. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 25, 2015: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302454)
Spatial epidemiology in zoonotic parasitic diseases: insights gained at the 1st International Symposium on Geospatial Health in Lijiang, China, 2007 (Publications)
Symposium on Geospatial Health was convened in Lijiang, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China from 8 to 9 September, 2007. The objective was to review progress made with the application of spatial techniques
Daten zum Übergewicht und zu Ernährungsgewohnheiten aus der Schweizerischen Gesundheitsbefragung 2007 (Publications)
(n = 18760) of persons aged 15 and over, living in Switzerland: 29% are overweight, and additional 8% are obese, but between 2002 and 2007 no increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity were
Successful treatment of acute mountain sickness with dexamethasone (Publications)
Capanna "Regina Margherita" at an altitude of 4559 m in the Alps Valais. After 12-16 hours of treatment (8 mg dexamethasone initially, followed by 4 mg every six hours) the mean acute mountain sickness score
Activity of artemether and mefloquine against juvenile and adult <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in athymic and immunocompetent NMRI mice (Publications)
between 71.1% and 85.3%, whereas mefloquine achieved total and female worm burden reductions of 80.4-97.8%. In conclusion, artemether and mefloquine act T-cell independently and no synergistic interaction with
Structure-activity relationship of an ozonide carboxylic acid (OZ78) against <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> (Publications)
activity. Of 26 new compounds administered at single 100 mg/kg oral doses to F. hepatica infected rats, 8 had statistically significant worm burden reductions, 7 were partially curative, and 1 (acylsulfonamide
Metabolic syndrome in patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy containing zidovudine or tenofovir in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa (Publications)
defined according to the International Diabetes Federation criteria. RESULTS: Among 1,166 patients (65.8% female), 22.2% (95%CI: 19.3-25.3) of women and 6.3% (4.1-9.1) of men met the IDF definition of MetS
On 7 and 8 November, Peter Hotez came to Swiss TPH to meet with faculty and students and give multiple lectures, including a public talk hosted by Swiss TPH entitled "Vaccines in the 21st Century: What's
