Giant host red blood cell membrane mimicking polymersomes bind parasite proteins and malaria parasites (Publications)
Malaria is an infectious disease that needs to be addressed using innovative approaches to counteract spread of drug resistance and to establish or optimize vaccination strategies. With our approach,
Ultrasonography of gallbladder abnormalities due to schistosomiasis (Publications)
After malaria, schistosomiasis remains the most important tropical parasitic disease in large parts of the world. Schistosomiasis has recently re-emerged in Southern Europe. Intestinal schistosomiasis
Standard genotyping overestimates transmission of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> among immigrants in a low incidence country (Publications)
Immigrants from high tuberculosis (TB) incidence regions are a risk group for TB in low-incidence countries such as Switzerland. In a previous analysis of a nationwide collection of 520 Mycobacterium
Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission and control: modelling frameworks, lessons learned and future directions (Publications)
Mathematical modelling provides a useful tool for policy making and planning in lymphatic filariasis control programmes, by providing trend forecasts based on sound scientific knowledge and principles
In Tanzania, the many costs of pay-for-performance leave open to debate whether the strategy is cost-effective (Publications)
Pay-for-performance programs in health care are widespread in low- and middle-income countries. However, there are no studies of these programs' costs or cost-effectiveness. We conducted a cost-effect
Clinical value of the cultural formulation interview in Pune, India (Publications)
CONTEXT: Development of the cultural formulation interview (CFI) in DSM-5 required validation for cross-cultural and global use. AIMS: To assess the overall value (OV) of CFI in the domains of feasibi
Opportunistic infections and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-1-infected adults in the combined antiretroviral therapy era: a... (Publications)
Despite the availability of effective combined antiretroviral treatment, many patients still present with advanced HIV infection, often accompanied by an AIDS-defining disease. A subgroup of patients
Pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics analysis of spiroindolone analogs and KAE609 in a murine malaria model (Publications)
Limited information is available on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) parameters driving the efficacy of antimalarial drugs. Our objective was to determine dose response relationship of a pa
