The dental safety profile of high-dose radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer: long-term results of a longitudinal cohort study (Publications)
16-2.16], P = 0.004). The caries risk increased by postradioiodine xerostomia (% increase: 98.8 [26.5-212], P = 0.003). The long-term risk for postradioiodine tooth extractions increased with increasing
Abklärung und Antibiotikatherapie von Infektionen in der Hausarztpraxis : Eine Befragung von Allgemeinpraktikern und Internisten mit Praxistätigkeit... (Publications)
indications for antimicrobial therapy were cystitis (19.9%), acute sinusitis (14.1%), acute bronchitis (11.5%), and tonsillopharyngitis (9.2%). Macrolides (24.0%), aminopenicillins (22.6%), and fluoroquinolones
Adoption of Levo-Praziquantel 150mg for schistosomiasis by endemic countries (ADOPT) (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/adoption-of-levo-praziquantel-150mg-for-schistosomiasis-by-endemic-countries-adopt
distribution of praziquantel tablets to school-aged children and at-risk populations. Preschool-aged (≤5 years) children (PSAC) represent another important at-risk group but treatment options for the estimated
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (Publications)
trends and emerging challenges. GBD 2019 incorporates data from 281 586 sources and provides more than 3.5 billion estimates of health outcome and health system measures of interest for global, national, and
Inhibition of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> fatty acid biosynthesis: evaluation of FabG, FabZ, and FabI as drug targets for flavonoids (Publications)
microM), the more complex flavonoids (12-16) exhibited strong activity toward all three enzymes (IC50 0.5-8 microM). Isoflavonoids 26-28 showed moderate (IC50 7-30 microM) but selective activity against FabZ
Changes in oral health over a 10-yr period in Switzerland (Publications)
The Swiss Health Surveys are conducted every 5 yr, and alternate surveys contain information on oral health. Worldwide the population is ageing and oral health is improving. The aim of this study was to
Potential impact of climate change on schistosomiasis transmission in China (Publications)
Schistosoma japonicum within the intermediate host snail (i.e., Oncomelania hupensis), and a temperature of 5.8 degrees C at which half the snail sample investigated was in hibernation. Historical data suggest
Dose-response relationships and tegumental surface alterations in <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> following treatment with mefloquine in vivo and in... (Publications)
vitro incubation. A single oral dose of 300-mg/kg mefloquine resulted in worm burden reductions of 88.5% (juvenile infection) and 96.0% (adult infections), respectively. Incubation with 10 and 100 microg/ml
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
interest included incidence and severity of diarrhoea, measured daily during a follow-up period of 5 months. The exposure of interest was vitamin-D status at enrolment. RESULTS: Normal-weight and underweight
Poor validity of noninvasive hemoglobin measurements by pulse oximetry compared with conventional absorptiometry in children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Noninvasive Hb measurements were attempted in 191 children 2-15 years of age and obtained in 102 (53.5%) children. The median Hb for the 102 children was 12.0 g/dL (interquartile range [IQR] = 11.3-12.7