Effects of radon and UV exposure on skin cancer mortality in Switzerland (Publications)
3.23]), though not statistically significantly different compared to not working outdoors (HR 1.09 [0.99, 1.21], ). CONCLUSIONS: There is considerable variation in radon and UV exposure across Switzerland
Transcriptional profiling defines dynamics of parasite tissue sequestration during malaria infection (Publications)
on, demonstrating the presence of two circulating gametocyte populations: gametocyte rings between 0 and approximately 30 hours post-invasion and mature gametocytes after around 7 days post-invasion.
Long-term exposure to transportation noise and air pollution in relation to incident diabetes in the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
aircraft were associated with incident diabetes (respective RR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.02-1.78 and 1.86; 95% CI: 0.96-3.59 per IQR) independently of Lden railway and NO 2 (which were not associated with diabetes risk)
Epiisopilosine alkaloid has activity against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in mice without acute toxicity (Publications)
treatment with the lower dose of EPIIS (100 mg/kg) significantly reduced total worm burden by 60.61% (P < 0.001), as well as decreasing hepatosplenomegaly and egg excretion. Scanning electron microscopy revealed
The effect of human interaction on guinea pig behavior in animal-assisted therapy (Publications)
(R) XT 12.5. The data were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models with SPSS (R), version 22.0. Results show that the frequency but not the duration of hiding was significantly increased in the therapy
The candidate blood-stage malaria vaccine P27A induces a robust humoral response in a fast track to the field phase I trial in exposed and non exposed... (Publications)
(Verorab(R)) were administered intramuscularly to 16 malaria non-exposed and 40 exposed subjects on days 0, 28 and 56. Local and systemic adverse events (AEs) as well as humoral and cellular immune responses
Boosting effect of IL-7 in interferon gamma release assays to diagnose <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> infection (Publications)
IFN-gamma in individuals with active TB from 4.2IU/ml (IQR 1.4-6.9IU/ml) to 5.1IU/ml (IQR 1.5-8.1IU/ml, p = 0.0057), and we found an indication of a lower release of both IFN-gamma and IP-10 in participants with
Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland (Publications)
in the warmest regions (Ticino [8.4%, 95% CI 5.1-11.7%] and the Lake Geneva region [4.8%, 95% CI 3.0-6.7%]) and among the elderly population aged > /=75 years (5.1%, 95% CI 3.7-6.5%). Increased EHA during
Classifying recurrent <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>cases in Georgia using MIRU-VNTR typing (Publications)
n. Patients with a history of incarceration were significantly associated with TB reinfection (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Recurrent TB in MDR patients in Georgia are mainly caused by relapse, raising concerns
microRNA expression profiles and personal monitoring of exposure to particulate matter (Publications)
PM2.5 absorbance (as a proxy of black carbon and soot), and ultrafine-particles (UFP, smaller than 0.1 mum), measured in healthy volunteers by 24 h personal monitoring (PEM) sessions and global expression
