Randomized trial to improve children's body composition and micronutrient status among South African Children (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Physical activity (PA) promotion combined with multi-micronutrient supplementation (MMNS) among school-age children may reduce fat mass accrual and increase muscle mass through different
Design of a targeted blood transcriptional panel for monitoring immunological changes accompanying pregnancy (Publications)
Background: Immunomodulatory processes exert steering functions throughout pregnancy. Detecting diversions from this physiologic immune clock may help identify pregnant women at risk for pregnancy-ass
Monthly average air pollution models using geographically weighted regression in Europe from 2000 to 2019 (Publications)
Detailed spatial models of monthly air pollution levels at a very fine spatial resolution (25 m) can help facilitate studies to explore critical time-windows of exposure at intermediate term. Seasonal
Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Climate change can directly impact temperature-related excess deaths and might subsequently change the seasonal variation in mortality. In this study, we aimed to provide a systematic and
Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Burkina Faso, the prevalence of malaria has decreased over the past two decades, following the scale-up of control interventions. The successful development of malaria parasites depends
Using a mobile nanopore sequencing lab for end-to-end genomic surveillance of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: a feasibility study (Publications)
Genomic epidemiology holds promise for malaria control and elimination efforts, for example by informing on Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and prevalence of mutations conferring anti-malarial
New myxobacteria of the <em>Myxococcaceae</em> clade produce angiolams with antiparasitic activities (Publications)
In the past century, microbial natural products have proven themselves to be substantial and fruitful sources of anti-infectives. In addition to the well-studied Actinobacteria, understudied bacterial
Long-term trajectories of densely reported depressive symptoms during an extended period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland: social worries... (Publications)
Previous mental health trajectory studies were mostly limited to the months before access to vaccination. They are not informing on whether public mental health has adapted to the pandemic. The aim of
