Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment programmes in rural Lesotho: health centres and hospitals compared (Publications)
two hospitals and 12 HCs. Patients > /=16 years starting ART at a hospital or HC between 2008 and 2011 were included. Loss to follow-up (LTFU) was defined as not returning to the facility for > /=180 days
The influence of meteorological factors and atmospheric pollutants on the risk of preterm birth (Publications)
individual data from 13 birth cohorts in 11 European countries (71,493 births from the period 1994-2011, European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)). City-specific meteorological data
Gender differences in adult-onset asthma: results from the Swiss SAPALDIA cohort study (Publications)
sensitisation.We assessed incidence of self-report of doctor-diagnosed asthma between 1991/1992 and 2010/2011 in 5128 subjects without asthma, aged 18-60 years at baseline. The age-related probability of asthma
malERA: an updated research agenda for combination interventions and modelling in malaria elimination and eradication (Publications)
This paper summarises key advances and priorities since the 2011 presentation of the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA), with a focus on the combinations of intervention tools and strategies
Hepatitis A in Switzerland: an analysis of 29 years of surveillance data and contemporary challenges (Publications)
data were descriptively analysed using five time intervals (1988-1993, 1994-1999, 2000-2005, 2006-2011, 2012-2016); and notification rates were calculated. RESULTS: From 1988 to 2016, the HA notification
Anthropology, University FU Berlin, Germany (Defense: November 2017; summa & magna cum laude) 2003-2011: M.A. & Pre-Diploma in Social Anthropology ; Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Göttingen [...] Doctor , Department for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2011-2013: Scientific collaborato r, Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) and Institute for Social [...] n of BA-theses and teaching interdisciplinary Global Health and Medical...
Leprosy transmission in Amazonian countries: current status and future trends (Publications)
scientific proof of zoonosis transmission of leprosy by nine-banded armadillos in the southern USA in 2011 challenged the prospects of leprosy eradication. In the Amazonian biome, nine-banded and other armadillo
High detection rate of <em>Rickettsia africae</em> in <em>Amblyomma variegatum</em> but low prevalence of anti-rickettsial antibodies in healthy... (Publications)
their vectors has been incompletely studied. The first part of the present study was conducted in 2011 and 2012 to identify potential anthropophilic tick vectors for SFG rickettsiae on cattle from seven
Molecular diagnosis and genotyping of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> in Maesot and Chiangrai, Thailand (Publications)
occasion that the CM606-like and P23-like strains were reported in northern Thailand (first reported in 2011 and 2013, respectively). This study demonstrates that 1) the eschar remains the most reliable biological
High-frequency changes in pilin glycosylation patterns during <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup a meningitis outbreaks in the African... (Publications)
closely related hypervirulent A:ST-5, A:ST-7, and A:ST-2859 clones have been collected from 1998 to 2011 during meningococcal outbreaks. A comparative whole-genome sequencing study with 100 of these isolates
