Malaria case management in Papua New Guinea prior to the introduction of a revised treatment protocol (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to document malaria case management practices in Papua New Guinea prior to the introduction of a revised national malaria treatment protocol. The revised protocol stipulat
Scope and limits of an anamnestic questionnaire in a control-induced low-endemicity helminthiasis setting in south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis are two high-burden neglected tropical diseases. In highly endemic areas, control efforts emphasize preventive chemotherapy. However, as
Programmatically selected multidrug-resistant strains drive the emergence of extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: South Africa shows one of the highest global burdens of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). Since 2002, MDR-TB in South Africa has been treate
Effect of amoxicillin-clavulanate in clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trial in general... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Acute rhinosinusitis is one of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in primary care. However, it is not clear whether antibiotics improve the outcome for patients with clini
Auswirkungen von Luftschadstoffen auf die Atemwege von Kleinkindern (Publications)
A one year study on a random sample of 1225 Swiss children aged 0-5 years was conducted in four different areas (two urban, one suburban and one rural) of Switzerland to investigate the relationship b
