Buruli ulcer in southern Côte d'Ivoire: dynamic schemes of perception and interpretation of modes of transmission (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU) belongs to the group of neglected tropical diseases and constitutes a public health problem in many rural communities in Cote d'Ivoire. The transmission patterns of this skin infecti
The burden of gastroenteritis in Switzerland (BUGS) study: a research proposal for a 1-year, prospective cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a usually self-limiting, but common disease worldwide. In Europe, incidence estimates range from 0.3-1.5 AG episodes/person-year. For Switzerland, available i
Canine leptospirosis in Switzerland-a prospective cross-sectional study examining seroprevalence, risk factors and urinary shedding of pathogenic... (Publications)
Leptospirosis is an important worldwide zoonosis. While human leptospirosis remains rare in Switzerland, the incidence of canine leptospirosis is unusually high compared to other European countries. T
Feline calicivirus and other respiratory pathogens in cats with Feline calicivirus-related symptoms and in clinically healthy cats in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cats with feline calicivirus (FCV)-related symptoms are commonly presented to veterinary practitioners. Various clinical manifestations have been attributed to FCV, i.e. upper respiratory
Risk factors for new infection with Leptospira in meat workers in New Zealand (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risk factors for new infection with Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona and Leptospira borgpetersenii sv Hardjo in meat workers. METHODS: Sera were collected twice approximately 12
Safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy against controlled human malaria infection of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites vaccine in... (Publications)
We are using controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) by direct venous inoculation (DVI) of cryopreserved, infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) (PfSPZ Challenge) to try to reduce t
The candidate blood-stage malaria vaccine P27A induces a robust humoral response in a fast track to the field phase I trial in exposed and non exposed... (Publications)
Background: P27A is an unstructured 104mer synthetic peptide from P. falciparum TEX1 blood-stage protein found to be the target of human antibodies inhibiting parasite growth. The present project aime
Measuring subjective flood resilience in suburban Dakar: a before–after evaluation of the “Live with water” project (Publications)
In the last decade, sub-Saharan African countries have taken various measures to plan for and adapt to floods in order to reduce exposure and its impacts on human health, livelihoods, and infrastructu
Challenges and prospects for integrating the assessment of health impacts in the licensing process of large capital project in Brazil (Publications)
Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to institutionalize a National Environmental Policy in 1981, including the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process of economic activities w
Data integration for the assessment of population exposure to ambient air pollution for global burden of disease assessment (Publications)
Air pollution is a leading global disease risk factor. Tracking progress (e.g. for Sustainable Development Goals) requires accurate, spatially resolved, routinely updated exposure estimates. A Bayesia
