Potential opportunities and challenges of deploying next generation sequencing and CRISPR-Cas systems to support diagnostics and surveillance towards... (Publications)
Recent developments in molecular biology and genomics have revolutionized biology and medicine mainly in the developed world. The application of next generation sequencing (NGS) and CRISPR-Cas tools i
Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs is a cost-effective intervention for morbidity control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, with programs expanding, drug p
Projected impact of heat on mortality and labour productivity under climate change in Switzerland (Publications)
Extreme temperatures have reached unprecedented levels in many regions of the globe due to climate change, and a further increase is expected. Besides other consequences, high temperatures increase th
Defining elimination as a public health problem for schistosomiasis control programmes: beyond prevalence of heavy-intensity infections (Publications)
WHO's 2021?30 road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) outlines disease-specific and cross-cutting targets for the control, elimination, and eradication of NTDs in affected countries. For schis
Surviving the hungry season (Publications)
For villagers who support themselves by growing and selling their own crops, the hardest months of the year are those immediately before the harvest when savings have been used up but the income from
Costs of community-wide mass drug administration and school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths: evidence from a randomised controlled... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Current guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) recommend deworming children and other high-risk groups, primarily using school-based deworming (SBD) programmes. How
