SwissLEGIO - Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: A prospective, national case-control and molecular source attribution study

Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia. The disease is notifiable to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). In the past 7 years, the number of reported cases has more than doubled, reaching an annual incidence of 7.8 cases per 100'000 population in 2021. The cause for…

30.09.2021 - 31.12.2024
Research project, Observational study, PhD project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl
Legio2020 - Temporal trends in legionellosis national notification data and the effect of COVID-19 in Switzerland, 2000- 2020

Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. bacteria. The disease is notifiable to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Over the past ten years, annual reported incidence rates of LD in Switzerland are continuously increasing. The reason for this…

01.10.2020 - 28.02.2022
Research project, PhD project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Health Systems
Daniel Mäusezahl , Fabienne Fischer
GeoLEGIO: Legionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: A spatial analysis of notification data from 2017-2021

 

Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. bacteria. The disease is notifiable to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). Over the past ten years, annual reported incidence rates of LD in Switzerland are continuously increasing. The reason for this…

01.10.2020 - 28.02.2022
Research project, PhD project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl , Fabienne Fischer
DigitalECD - Digital support systems to improve child health and development in low income settings - a randomized controlled trial

Children in low and middle income countries continue to be exposed to large amount of adversity, undermining their health and early development. While a large number of programs have been launched recently to support children in their home environment, the best ways to reach families in low income…

01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024
Intervention Study, Clinical Trial
Fondation BOTNAR
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Günther Fink , Daniel Mäusezahl
LeCo - Legionella control in buildings

Legionella spp. are gram-negative bacteria that are ubiquitously present in the environment. Water and soil are the main natural reservoirs. When bacteria-contaminated aerosols are inhaled, Legionella can cause a severe form of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease (LD). Cases of LD in Switzerland…

25.11.2019 - 30.06.2024
Research project, PhD project
Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (BLV)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl
ALTO cohort - The Peruvian Andes Multigenerational High Altitude Cohort (ALTO)

 The Peruvian Andes Multigenerational High Altitude Cohort (ALTO) is a birth cohort providing an opportunity for a longitudinal follow-up of children that will address child health from pregnancy to later life. It offers an ideal study setting to elucidate early life exposures and epigenetics on the…

01.07.2019 - 31.12.2022
Observational study, Research project
Eckenstein-Geigy Stiftung
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl , Stella Hartinger
NCD-Peru - Understanding NCDs in the Peruvian Andes: Epidemiology, Perceptions and Health System

By the end of the 20th century Peru entered in to an epidemic transition with mortality rates of infectious and maternal diseases declining and NCD’s emerging, changing national public health profile and actions significantly. NCD’s account for the majority of deaths in contemporary Peru. National…

01.08.2018 - 31.12.2022
Research project, PhD project, Observational study
Swiss School of Public Health SSPH+ , Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl
SwissLEGIO - Legionnaires' diseases in Switzerland: Prestudies to develop health systems and epidemiologic research

Legionella spp. are common environmental bacteria living in freshwater. They are also known to proliferate in artificial water reservoirs such as cooling towers or showerheads. Infection with the bacteria may lead to legionellosis, a group of diseases ranging from a mild, flu-like illness…

01.07.2018 - 30.01.2020
Research project, PhD project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Fabienne Fischer , Daniel Mäusezahl
BAG - Food- und Waterborne-Themen - Research on the epidemiology of food- and waterborne diseases in Switzerland

Financed by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) various studies are conducted to elucidate specific topics of interest to the office in the fields of prevention, control and evidence-based guideline development related to the management of food- and waterborne pathogens in Switzerland:

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17.10.2016 - 15.12.2019
Research project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Economics and Health Systems Research
Daniel Mäusezahl
Investigating the increasing trend of EHEC notifications in Swiss surveillance data

The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) detected a significant increase in notified cases of infections with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) since 2014. While EHEC cases increase, the number of cases with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS; a complication of EHEC infections) remained stable. It…

01.05.2016 - 30.06.2018
Research project
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Household Health Systems
Daniel Mäusezahl