Design of trials for interrupting the transmission of endemic pathogens (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many interventions against infectious diseases have geographically diffuse effects. This leads to contamination between arms in cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). Pathogen elimination is th
The DASH study (2014-2017) [Video] (Publications)
The DASH study, or in full the Disease, Activity and Schoolchildren’s Health in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is a joint research project between the University of Basel, Switzerland, the Swiss Tropic
Spread and establishment of <em>Aedes albopictus</em> in southern Switzerland between 2003 and 2014: an analysis of oviposition data and weather... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly invasive mosquito species of public health importance. In the wake of its arrival in neighbouring Italy the authorities of the canto