Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte... (Publications)
Differences in the state of health between rural and urban populations living in Africa have been described, yet only few studies analysed inequities within poor rural communities. We investigated dis
Treatment gap for people living with epilepsy in Madagascar (Publications)
Using an indirect assessment technique we assessed the epilepsy treatment gap (ETG) in Madagascar. We estimate the ETG in Madagascar to be 92%. However, given the sociological, economic and sanitary c
Sequential analysis of helminth egg output in human stool samples following albendazole and praziquantel administration (Publications)
Large-scale administration of anthelminthic drugs currently is the most widely used intervention for controlling morbidity due to schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. An important issue
Disease awareness of the poultry keepers in Switzerland and their access to information concerning highly pathogenic avian influenza (Publications)
The passive surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic poultry is based essentially on the reporting of suspicious clinical cases by the poultry keepers to the veterinary ser
Reaction pattern to histamine and codeine in a human intradermal skin test model (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Skin prick and intradermal skin tests (IDT) are useful tools in evaluating IgE-mediated allergic disorders. In the literature, many variations of the techniques used are described. No gene
New world cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers (Publications)
As travel to Latin America has become increasingly common, cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly seen among returning travellers--eg, the number of observed cases has doubled in the Netherlands and
