Beliefs and motives related to eating and body size: a comparison of high-BMI and normal-weight young adult women from rural and urban areas in Mexico (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Effective treatment and prevention of obesity and its co-morbidities requires the recognition and understanding of cultural and social aspects of eating practices. The objective of the pre
Perspectives on the methods of a large systematic mapping of maternal health interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mapping studies describe a broad body of literature, and differ from classical systematic reviews, which assess more narrowly-defined questions and evaluate the quality of the studies incl
Pharmacokinetics of the antischistosomal lead ozonide OZ418 in uninfected mice determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (Publications)
One of the major neglected tropical diseases, schistosomiasis, is currently treated and controlled with a single drug, praziquantel. The quest for an alternative drug is fueled by its lack of activity
Influenza pandemics and tuberculosis mortality in 1889 and 1918: analysis of historical data from Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) mortality declined in the northern hemisphere over the last 200 years, but peaked during the Russian (1889) and the Spanish (1918) influenza pandemics. We studied the imp
Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex strains: a prospective study in two... (Publications)
We spoligotyped and screened 1490 clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from Northern and Greater Accra regions of Ghana against INH and RIF using the microplate alamar blue phenotypic a
Exposure to ambient air pollution and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a European nested case-control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Industrialization has been linked to the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). AIM: We investigated the association between air pollution exposure and IBD. METHODS: The European Pr
The LifeLines Cohort Study: a resource providing new opportunities for environmental epidemiology (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Lifelines is a prospective population-based cohort study investigating the biological, behavioral and environmental determinants of healthy ageing among 167,729 participants from the North
Varicella seroprevalence in individuals with a negative or unknown varicella history - results from a large travel clinic in Switzerland between 2008... (Publications)
QUESTION UNDER STUDY: In Switzerland, vaccination against varicella is not recommended in the basic immunisation schedule. However, for individuals aged 11-40 years who do not have a reliable varicell
Biosynthesis of the antibiotic nematophin and its elongated derivatives in entomopathogenic bacteria (Publications)
Nematophin, a known antibiotic natural product against Staphylococcus aureus for almost 20 years, is produced by all strains of Xenorhabdus nematophila. Despite its simple structure, its biosynthesis
Long-term acceptability, durability and bio-efficacy of ZeroVector® durable lining for vector control in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study examined the acceptability, durability and bio-efficacy of pyrethroid-impregnated durable lining (DL) over a three-year period post-installation in residential homes across Papu