Successful booster antibody response up to 54 months after single primary vaccination with virosome-formulated, aluminum-free hepatitis A vaccine (Publications)
This study demonstrates that a booster dose of the virosome-formulated, aluminum-free hepatitis A vaccine Epaxal (Berna Biotech) is highly immunogenic in subjects who received a single primary dose of
Living near main streets and respiratory symptoms in adults (Publications)
The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA), conducted in 1991 (SAPALDIA 1) in eight areas among 9,651 randomly selected adults aged 18-60 years, reported associatio
The role of standby emergency medication for falciparum malaria: current opinion (Publications)
Travellers to malaria-endemic destinations are at risk of significant disease and, sometimes, death. Current malaria protection strategies, including chemoprophylaxis, can never be completely effectiv
Relationship between prevalence and intensity of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection in natural populations of <em>Anopheles</em> mosquitoes (Publications)
Wild-caught Anopheles gambiae s. l. and An. funestus were dissected and their midguts were examined for the presence of Plasmodium falciparum oocyst infections. The mean intensity of infection and the
Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve was first introduced in 1992 and has been implanted routinely at our institution since 1993. Valve selection was based on surgeon preference. The objective o