Investigating the potential of reported cattle mortality data in Switzerland for syndromic surveillance (Publications)
(TVD). To investigate the potential of the Swiss TVD for syndromic surveillance, 3 years of data (2009-2011) were assessed in terms of data quality, including timeliness of reporting and completeness of geographic
Limited value of whole blood Xpert® MTB/RIF for diagnosing tuberculosis in children (Publications)
tuberculosis in tuberculosis endemic settings with high rates of HIV infection. METHODS: From June 2011 to September 2012 we prospectively enrolled children with symptoms or signs suggestive of tuberculosis
Prevalence and spatial distribution of<em> Theileria parva</em> in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo district, eastern Uganda (Publications)
cattle (n: 2,658) in 22 randomly selected villages across Tororo District from September to December 2011. Samples were analysed by PCR and T. parva prevalence and spatial distribution determined. RESULTS:
A new methodology for assessing health policy and systems research and analysis capacity in African universities (Publications)
to capacity strengthening. METHODS: The Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa 2011-2015 designed and implemented a new framework for capacity assessment for HPSR + A within universities
Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in children (Publications)
ed with relevant literature not included in these reviews. PubMed was searched for the years 2006-2011 for additional topics not sufficiently covered by the reviews. Results PA was associated with lower
Short Message Service (SMS) applications for disease prevention in developing countries (Publications)
and gray literature was performed for papers published in English, French, and German before May 2011 that describe SMS applications for disease prevention in developing countries. RESULTS: A total of
Development and validation of a liquid chromatography and ion spray tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of artesunate, artemether... (Publications)
parameters of artesunate and its metabolites in plasma of intramuscularly treated sheep. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Switzerland: first experience with species-specific treatment (Publications)
procedures have not been evaluated to date. METHODS: Patients presenting with CL and ML between 1999 and 2011 were analysed retrospectively. PCR technology was used to diagnose the disease and identify the protozoan
Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence (Publications)
attend school. METHODS: We analysed data from community-based trachoma surveys conducted from 2008-2011 in Ethiopia, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. The surveys utilised a cross-sectional, randomised cluster design
Assessing the effects of malaria interventions on the geographical distribution of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Burkina Faso conducted its first nationally representative household malaria survey in 2010/2011. The survey collected among others, information on malaria interventions, treatment choices and malaria
