Successful treatment of acute mountain sickness with dexamethasone (Publications)
A double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial of treatment with dexamethasone for acute mountain sickness was performed in the Capanna "Regina Margherita" at an altitude of 4559 m in the Alps V
Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infections in a rural sub-Saharan hospital (Publications)
A prospective cohort study was performed to collect baseline data concerning surgical site infections (SSIs) and antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) in a remote sub-Saharan district hospital. The SSI rate
Bicyclic amido compounds with antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Aroyl derivatives of 2-aminobicyclo-octanes and 2-azabicyclo-nonanes have been synthesized and tested for their activities against the causative organisms of East African trypanosomiasis and malaria t
Variation in survival after diagnosis of breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Survival after diagnosis of cancer is a key criterion for cancer control. Major survival differences between time periods and countries have been reported by the EUROCARE studies. We inves
In vitro activity and preliminary toxicity of various diamidine compounds against <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> (Publications)
Trypanosoma evansi is an animal pathogenic protozoan, causing a wasting disease called Surra, which is broadly distributed in a wide range of mammalian hosts. Chemotherapy is the most efficient contro
The cross-reactive immune response between infective larvae and adult worms of <em>Acanthocheilonema </em>(Dipetalonema) viteae is dominated by... (Publications)
The immune response of BALB/c mice against living L3 or adult extract of Acanthocheilonema viteae induces three antibody populations, namely antibodies which cross-react between the two forms of A. vi
Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by glaucoma: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020 (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To estimate global and regional trends from 2000 to 2020 of the number of persons visually impaired by glaucoma and their proportion of the total number of vision-impaired individuals. MET
