Treatment outcome of imported cutaneous leishmaniasis among travellers and migrants infected with<em> Leishmania major</em> and <em>Leishmania... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Asia, Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa is mainly caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. We describe and evaluate the treatment outcome of CL amon
Parasite viability as a measure of <em>in vivo</em> drug activity in preclinical and early clinical antimalarial drug assessment (Publications)
The rate at which parasitemia declines in a host after treatment with an antimalarial drug is a major metric for assessment of antimalarial drug activity in preclinical models and in early clinical tr
Priority setting in early childhood development: an analytical framework for economic evaluation of interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Early childhood development (ECD) sets the foundation for healthy and successful lives with important ramifications for education, labour market outcomes and other domains of well-being. E
<em>Opisthorchis felineus </em>infection is a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in Western Siberia: a hospital-based case-control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a fatal bile duct cancer, has a high incidence in Western Siberia, Russian Federation. In addition, Opisthorchis felineus (O. felineus), a bile duct dwelling trem
Exposure to surrounding greenness and natural-cause and cause-specific mortality in the ELAPSE pooled cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The majority of studies have shown higher greenness exposure associated with reduced mortality risks, but few controlled for spatially correlated air pollution and traffic noise exposures.
Tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay reveals early delayed bacterial killing in patients with relapse (Publications)
Bacterial killing in TB-patients with relapse was compared to patients achieving cure, measured by TB-molecular bacterial load assay(TB-MBLA) or MGIT time to positivity(TTP). TB-MBLA in 4 relapsed pat
The neighborhood environment and its association with the spatio-temporal footprint of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in... (Publications)
This study aimed to evaluate the association of the neighborhood environment with the spatio-temporal dependence of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in a Swiss urban area.
Brief research report: quantitative analysis of potential coronary microvascular disease in suspected long-COVID syndrome (Publications)
Background: Case series have reported persistent cardiopulmonary symptoms, often termed long-COVID or post-COVID syndrome, in more than half of patients recovering from Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-1
Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In an effort to improve population health, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have expanded access to public primary care facilities and removed user fees for services in these
Projected health impacts from transportation noise: exploring two scenarios for 2030 (Publications)
This report provides outlooks to 2030 on population exposed to road, rail and aircraft noise as well as on health impacts. The outlooks comprise two scenarios, one that is conservative (i.e. the minim
