Sleep problems and work injury types: a study of 180 patients in a Swiss emergency department (Publications)
association was found for musculoskeletal injuries and falls with short sleep duration (odds ratio [OR] 5.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.81-16.22). The standardised scores of the Pittsburgh sleep quality
Acute gastroenteritis in primary care: a longitudinal study in the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network, Sentinella (Publications)
patients received dietary recommendations and/or medical prescriptions; antibiotics were prescribed in 8.5%. Stool testing was initiated in 12.3% of cases; more frequently in patients reporting recent travel
Bromopyrrole alkaloids as lead compounds against protozoan parasites (Publications)
including the oroidin analogs hymenidin (2), dispacamide B (3) and dispacamide D (4), stevensine (5) and spongiacidin B (6), their derivatives lacking the imidazole ring bromoaldisin (7), longamide B
Ecohealth approach to urban waste management: exposure to environmental pollutants and health risks in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
al parameters of the surface water (temperature, pH, conductivity, potential oxidise reduction, BOD5, COD, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, ammonia and total Kendal nitrogen) did not comply with World Health
Discovery of antischistosomal drug leads based on tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives and their metal complexes (Publications)
selected for further screening for IC50 determination against both NTS and adult worms. Against NTS, all 5 compounds showed IC50 values comparable to that of standard drug PZQ (0.87 to 9.65 muM vs 2.20 muM for
Synthesis and biological evaluation of organoruthenium complexes with azole antifungal agents. First crystal structure of a tioconazole metal complex (Publications)
millimolar concentrations, where the activity decreased with the increasing number of ligands. However at 0.5 mM concentrations all tris-azole complexes statistically significantly reduced the radial growth rate
Mapping and prediction of schistosomiasis in Nigeria using compiled survey data and Bayesian geospatial modelling (Publications)
one state (Rivers). The average prevalence for each species at each survey location varied between 0.5% and 100% for S. haematobium, 0.2% to 87% for S. mansoni and 1% to 10% for S. intercalatum. The estimated
Health-related quality of life in rural children living in four European countries: the GABRIEL study (Publications)
reported highest KINDL-R scores (mean: 80.9; 95 % CI [80.4, 81.4]) and Polish children the lowest (74.5; [73.9, 75.0]). Farm children reported higher KINDL-R scores than non-farm children (p = 0.002). Si
Spatial analysis and risk mapping of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil, using Bayesian geostatistical models (Publications)
provided mean prevalence estimates for A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and hookworm of 15.6%, 10.1% and 2.5%, respectively. By considering infection risk and population numbers at the unit of the municipality
The importance of dog population contact network structures in rabies transmission (Publications)
contact sensors recorded the location and contacts of 237 domestic dogs in N'Djamena over a period of 3.5 days. The contact network data showed that urban dogs are socially related to larger communities and