Quantitative microbial risk assessment related to urban wastewater and lagoon water reuse in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
water by G. lamblia and E. coli (12.8 CFU/100 mL to 2.97 x 10(4)CFU/100 mL and from 0 cyst/L to 18.5 cysts/L, respectively). Estimates of yearly average infection risks for E. coli (90.07-99.90%, assuming
Estimating healthcare costs of acute gastroenteritis and human campylobacteriosis in Switzerland (Publications)
positive for Campylobacter spp. for euro1.8 million and hospitalized campylobacteriosis patients for euro6.5 million/year. Healthcare costs of campylobacteriosis are high and most likely increasing in Switzerland
Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) (Publications)
consistency/inter-item reliability (alpha> 0.80) for the CREDI within each of the six age groups (0-5, 6-11, 12-17, 18-23, 24-29 and 30-35 months of age). Multivariate analyses of construct validity showed
Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana (Publications)
prevalence of low birth weight was 13.8% 95%CI [13.10, 14.6] and more in female babies than in males (15.5% vs 12.2%; p
The burden of gastroenteritis in Switzerland (BUGS) study: a research proposal for a 1-year, prospective cohort study (Publications)
usually self-limiting, but common disease worldwide. In Europe, incidence estimates range from 0.3-1.5 AG episodes/person-year. For Switzerland, available information on AG is restricted to notifiable foodborne
Sero-prevalence and risk factors for leptospirosis in abattoir workers in New Zealand (Publications)
average sero-prevalence of 10%-31%, from the two deer abattoirs 17%-19% and the two beef abattoirs 5%. The strongest risk factor for sero-positivity in sheep and deer abattoirs was work position. In sheep
Search for antiprotozoal activity in herbal medicinal preparations; new natural leads against neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
ns of Salvia, Valeriana, Hypericum, Silybum, Arnica, and Curcuma exhibited high activity (IC50 < 2.5 microg/mL). They were analytically characterized by UHPLC/ESI-QqTOF-MSMS and the activity-guided fr
Antitrypanosomal activity of sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Helianthus tuberosus</em> L. including a new furanoheliangolide with an unusual structure (Publications)
oxygen atom of the furanoid ring is part of a hemiketal structure at C-3 and a double bond between C-5 and C-6. For this new STL we propose the name heliantuberolide-8-O-tiglate. Its activity against Trypanosoma
Quantification of viable bacterial load in artificial sputum spiked with <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
were well grouped around the mean TTP (hours; standard deviation) of low: 271.7 (25.9), medium: 233.5 (16.3), and two batches of high load: 186.9 (12.3) and 191.8 (9.0), respectively. A variance component
Next-generation sequencing for hypothesis-free genomic detection of invasive tropical infections in poly-microbially contaminated, formalin-fixed,... (Publications)
materials was required. Potentially etiologically relevant pathogens could be identified by NGS in 5 out of 17 samples of patients with invasive mycoses and in 1 out of 6 samples of patients with amebiasis