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1. Associations of daily walking activity with biomarkers related to cardiac distress in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Publications)

   Associations of daily walking activity with biomarkers related to cardiac distress in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular mortality is high in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the identification of clinical parameters to improve risk stratification is of great

2. Onchozerkose bei Tropenreisenden (Publications)

   Onchozerkose bei Tropenreisenden

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3. Screening mammographies in Switzerland: what makes female and male physicians prescribe them? (Publications)

   Screening mammographies in Switzerland: what makes female and male physicians prescribe them?

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   QUESTION UNDER STUDY: Physicians play a key role in motivating women to undergo mammography screening. In 1998 we assessed Swiss physicians' attitudes to mammography screening and their prescription b

4. Imported falciparum malaria in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from the European network on surveillance of imported infectious diseases (Publications)

   Imported falciparum malaria in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from the European network on surveillance of imported infectious diseases

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   Malaria continues to have a high morbidity rate associated among European travelers. Thorough recording of epidemiological and clinical aspects of imported malaria has been helpful in the detection of

5. Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of aza-analogues of furamidine (Publications)

   Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of aza-analogues of furamidine

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   6-[5-(4-Amidinophenyl)furan-2-yl]nicotinamidine (8a) was synthesized from 6-[5-(4-cyanophenyl)furan-2-yl]nicotinonitrile (4a), through the bis-O-acetoxyamidoxime followed by hydrogenation. Compound 4a

6. The drugs we have and the drugs we need against major helminth infections (Publications)

   The drugs we have and the drugs we need against major helminth infections

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   Parasitic worms (helminths) have accompanied humans for thousands of years and, still today, they are pervasive where poverty persists, including large parts of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

7. Urbanization in sub-Sahara Africa and implications for malaria control. (Publications)

   Urbanization in sub-Sahara Africa and implications for malaria control.

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8. Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad (Publications)

   Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad

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   Canine rabies, and thus human exposure to rabies, can be controlled through mass vaccination of the animal reservoir if dog owners are willing to cooperate. Inaccessible, ownerless dogs, however, redu

9. (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine [(S)-HPMPA]: a purine analogue with trypanocidal activity <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> (Publications)

   (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine [(S)-HPMPA]: a purine analogue with trypanocidal activity <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em>

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10. Comparison of rapid methods for detection of <em>Giardia</em> spp. and <em>Cryptosporidium</em> spp. (Oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in... (Publications)

    Comparison of rapid methods for detection of <em>Giardia</em> spp. and <em>Cryptosporidium</em> spp. (Oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in a field deployment

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    Reliable, sensitive, quantitative, and mobile rapid screening methods for pathogenic organisms are not yet readily available, but would provide a great benefit to humanitarian intervention units in di