Imported schistosomiasis in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop (Publications)
features. RESULTS: Male patients accounted for 64% of all cases. The average age of all patients was 29.5 years. The majority of patients were of European origin (53%). Europeans traveled predominantly for
Quasi-absence de réinfestation par les strongles du bétail gambien en saison sèche (Publications)
Five Ndama bulls aged between 1.5 and 2 years and 20 Djallonke rams aged between 6 to 18 months were dewormed as follows: the bulls were dewormed in November (beginning of the dry season), the sheep were
Myeloperoxidase, but not oxidized LDL, is associated with leisure-time physical activity: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Studies 1984-1995 (Publications)
high leisure-time PA (124.2 mug/ml; 95%-CI, 116.8-132.0) compared to the inactive reference group (133.5 mug/ml; 95%-CI, 127.6-139.6) (P(trend) across PA levels: 0.007). No significant association between
EPD in its twentieth year: towards complete promoter coverage of selected model organisms (Publications)
from release 73, from mass genome annotation projects. Subsets of promoter sequences with customized 5' and 3' extensions can be downloaded from the EPD website. The focus of current development efforts
Quantitative evaluation of a handheld light microscope for field diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection (Publications)
gram of stool (EPG). Mean egg counts were significantly higher with the conventional light microscope (5,190.0 EPG versus 2,385.8 EPG for Ascaris lumbricoides; 826.3 versus 455.7 for Trichuris trichiura; both
The prevalence of symptoms attributed to electromagnetic field exposure: a cross-sectional representative survey in Switzerland (Publications)
environmental risk factors (five of which were different EMF sources). RESULTS: We found a prevalence of 5% (95% CI 4-6%) for electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) in our study sample. The most common health
Creating competent health-care specialists: the Swiss school of public health (Publications)
(the second most expensive worldwide) is fragmented into 26 cantonal authorities for a population of 7.5 million. Cantons differ in policy, legislation and structure. Health insurance is compulsory although
A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a... (Publications)
oil-based adjuvant. A phase 1-2b double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in 120 children (5-9 years old) in Papua New Guinea demonstrated a 62% (95% confidence limits: 13%, 84%) reduction in parasite
Diversity of human intestinal helminthiasis in Lao PDR (Publications)
trematodes included Phaneropsolus bonnei (22.7%), Prosthodendrium molenkampi (14.4%), Haplorchis pumilio (5.2%), Haplorchis yokogawai (3.1%) and Echinochasmus japonicus (3.1%). Co-infection with O. viverrini
Diagnóstico da hanseníase fora do município de residência: uma abordagem espacial, 2001 a 2009 (Publications)
least one resident with leprosy that had been diagnosed in a different municipality (4,325 cases, or 5.2% of the total). The municipalities with the most cases reported elsewhere were Timon (248) and Sao
