Assessing potential health impacts of waste recovery and reuse business models in Hanoi, Vietnam (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: In resource-constrained settings, the recovery of nutrients and the production of energy from liquid and solid waste are important. We determined the range and magnitude of potential commu
The relative roles of ANC and EPI in the continuous distribution of LLINs: a qualitative study in four countries (Publications)
Background: The continuous distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) for malaria prevention, through the antenatal care (ANC) and the Expanded Programme on Immunizations (EPI), is recomme
Ethnicity predicts viral rebound after travel to the tropics in HIV-infected travelers to the tropics in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The number of HIV-infected individuals from developed countries travelling to tropical and subtropical areas has increased as a result of the clinical and survival benefits of combination
Novel <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex isolate from a wild chimpanzee (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by gram-positive bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MTBC include several human-associated lineages and several variants adapted to domestic an
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Achillea ptarmica</em> (Asteraceae) and its main alkamide constituents (Publications)
In the course of our ongoing screening of plants of the family Asteraceae for antiprotozoal activity, a CH2Cl2-extract from the flowering aerial parts of Achillea ptarmica L. (sneezewort yarrow) was f
Background ionizing radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: a census-based nationwide cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to medium or high doses of ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer in children. The extent to which low-dose radiation from natural sources contributes to the risk of
