Etiology and long-term course of subclavian vein thrombosis with reference to acute therapy (Publications)
follow-up studies. Acute therapy included anticoagulation in 27, fibrinolysis in 10 and rib resection in 8 cases. The mean follow-up averaged 6.3 years and confirmed a favorable course independent of the acute
Antiprotozoal, antitubercular and cytotoxic potential of cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) extracts from Ireland (Publications)
activity against T. b. rhodesiense (IC50 values 2.0 and 3.5 microg/mL) and P. falciparum (IC50s 7.4 and 5.8 microg/mL), with low toxicity. This trend was also true for R. biasolettiana extracts, and its chloroform
Antiparasitic drugs for paediatrics: systematic review, formulations, pharmacokinetics, safety, efficacy and implications for control (Publications)
review using PubMed and the Cochrane Central Register of Trials covering a period of 10 years and 8 months until the end of August 2010 to identify trials that investigated efficacy, safety and pharm
Meta-analysis of dense genecentric association studies reveals common and uncommon variants associated with height (Publications)
x 10(-6)), with 42 loci surpassing the conventional genome-wide significance threshold (p < 5 x 10(-8)). Common variants with minor allele frequencies greater than 5% were observed to be associated with
Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a prospective, multi-centre evaluation (Publications)
culture-confirmed TB cases as reference standard. RESULTS: In total, 451 children were enrolled. 37 (8%) had culture-confirmed TB, 48 (11%) highly probably TB and 62 probable TB (13%). The Xpert MTB/RIF
One-hour rule-in and rule-out of acute myocardial infarction using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (Publications)
predictive value (PPV) for acute myocardial infarction in the "rule-in" zone was 75.6% (95%CI, 68.5-81.8%), respectively. NPV of the 1h-algorithm was higher compared to the classical dichotomous interpretation
Travelers with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: are they different? (Publications)
confounders. RESULTS: Among 22,584 travelers who visited the Zurich Travel Clinic in a 25-month period, 1.8% suffered from an IMID, with gastroenterological and rheumatic conditions being the most common; 34
Community awareness, use and preference for pandemic influenza vaccines in Pune, India (Publications)
7%), when asked, believed that a vaccine would prevent swine flu. Reported vaccine uptake however was 8.3%. Main themes identified as reasons for uptake were having heard of a death from swine flu, health
Population genomics of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> in Ethiopia contradicts the virgin soil hypothesis for human tuberculosis in sub-Saharan... (Publications)
from clonal expansion of a single common ancestor [7] with a proposed origin in East Africa [3, 4, 8]. Consistent with this proposal, MTBC lineage 7 is almost exclusively found in that region [9-11]. Although
Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus, the intermediate host of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in the Ifakara area, Tanzania (Publications)
During a period of 2 years, the ecology of Bulinus globosus was studied in 8 habitats in two streams near Ifakara, SE-Tanzania. The relative Bulinus densities were followed monthly. Two different methods
