Hepatitis-A-Ausbruch in einem Kindergarten (Publications)
In November/December 1990 eight out of 38 children of a kindergarten in Basle were involved in an outbreak of hepatitis A, and further cases occurred among family members and friends of the children.
The <em>in vitro</em> distribution of halofantrine in human blood and <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>-parasitised red blood cells (Publications)
The in vitro distribution of the antimalarial drug halofantrine was measured in drug-preincubated whole blood after separation of the blood cells from the plasma according to their type. In normal blo
Underestimation of airflow obstruction among young adults using FEV1/FVC <70% as a fixed cut-off: a longitudinal evaluation of clinical and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Early detection of airflow obstruction is particularly important among young adults because they are more likely to benefit from intervention. Using the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FE
Traffic-related air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and asthma (ECHRS) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Traffic-related air pollution is related with asthma, and this association may be modified by genetic factors. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the role of genetic polymorphisms potentially mod
A role for systems epidemiology in tuberculosis research (Publications)
Despite being a curable disease, tuberculosis (TB) killed more people in 2009 than during any previous year in history. Progress in TB research has been slow, and remains burdened by important gaps in
Antiparasitic activity of marine pyridoacridone alkaloids related to the ascididemins (Publications)
A series of pyridoacridone alkaloids, including the marine alkaloid ascididemin were tested in vitro for antiparasitic activity against P. falciparum (K1, NF54), L. donovani, T. cruzi, T. b. rhodesien