Prevalence of four enteropathogens in the faeces of young diarrhoeic dairy calves in Switzerland (Publications)
The prevalences of Cryptosporidium parvum, rotavirus, bovine coronavirus (BCV), and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (E coli K99) were determined in diarrhoeic dairy calves aged one to 21 days on 71 d
Genomic deletions classify the Beijing/W strains as a distinct genetic lineage of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Beijing/W strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are geographically widespread and hypervirulent. To enhance our understanding of their origin and evolution, we sought phylogenetically informative larg
A comparative study of the efficacies of chloroquine and a pyrimethamine-dapsone combination in clearing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia... (Publications)
A randomized study on the in vivo efficacies of chloroquine and a pyrimethamine-dapsone combination (Maloprim) in clearing P. falciparum parasitaemia was carried out in 77 asymptomatic semi-immune sch
Immunogenicity and adverse effects of inactivated virosome versus alum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccine: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
Immunogenicity and adverse effects of a novel inactivated hepatitis A vaccine based on virosomes (IRIV-HAV) was compared with a standard vaccine adsorbed to aluminium (Al-HAV). Seronegative volunteers
Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> sleeping sickness: a randomized clinical trial in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a fatal disease. Current treatment options for patients with second-stage disease are either highly toxic or impract
Parameters associated with <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infection before and after chemotherapy in school children from two villages in the coast... (Publications)
We evaluated the impact of praziquantel therapy (40 mg/kg body weight) on indicators of infection with Schistosoma haematobium by following a cohort of infected children from schools located 12 km apa