Use of whole genome sequencing to determine the microevolution of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> during an outbreak (Publications)
polymorphisms data confirmed all except one known epidemiological link. The outbreak strain resulted in 5 bacterial variants originating from the index case A1 with 0-2 mutations per transmission event that
Bacteria-induced egg hatching differs for <em>Trichuris muris</em> and <em>Trichuris suis</em> (Publications)
previously developed for T. muris. Additionally, E. coli strains (M15, SG13009, PMC103, JM109, TUNER, DH5alpha, TOP10) and five Gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus caccae, Streptococcus hyointestinalis, L
Respiratory health and long-term exposure to air pollutants in Swiss schoolchildren (Publications)
and bronchitis between the most and the least polluted community for PM10 were 3.07 95% CI: 1.62 to 5.81, 2.88 95% CI: 1.69 to 4.89, and 2.17 95% CI: 1.21 to 4.89, respectively). The high correlation between
Reliability of lifetime residential history and activity measures as elements of cumulative ambient ozone exposure assessment (Publications)
sample of 175 college students raised in California participated in the study, designed as test-retest 5-7 days apart. Lifetime residential history and outdoors activity ("moderate" and "heavy") for each residence
An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations (Publications)
the combined AR model, 39.8% of exacerbations were attributable to air pollution, compared with 33.5% in the traditional model, which ignores a chronic effect of pollution on asthma development. Thus,
Prevalence and spatial distribution of<em> Theileria parva</em> in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo district, eastern Uganda (Publications)
prevalence and spatial distribution determined. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of T. parva was found to be 5.3%. Herd level prevalence ranged from 0% to 21% with majority of the infections located in the North
Motivational brief intervention for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in travelers: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
overall 46/1115 (4.1%) had inconsistently protected sexual relations. Women (adjusted OR 2.7 [95%CI 1.4-5.6]) and travelers with a history of past STI (adjusted OR 2.8 [95%CI 1.1-7.4]) had more frequent casual
Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infection: a randomized controlled... (Publications)
T. trichiura were low regardless of the treatment (nitazoxanide-albendazole, 16.0%; albendazole, 14.5%; and nitazoxanide, 6.6%). Egg reduction rates were 54.9% for the nitazoxanide-albendazole combination
Domestic radon exposure and risk of childhood cancer: a prospective census-based cohort study (Publications)
nationwide census-based cohort study including all children < 16 years of age living in Switzerland on 5 December 2000, the date of the 2000 census. Follow-up lasted until the date of diagnosis, death, emigration
Potential risk of regional disease spread in west Africa through cross-border cattle trade (Publications)
9 biggest cattle markets of northern Togo in February-March 2012. More than half of the traders (53.5%) operated in at least one other country. Animal flows were stochastically simulated based on reported
