Novel diamidines with activity against <em>Babesia divergens</em> <em>in vitro</em> and <em>Babesia microti in vivo</em> (Publications)
Dicationic diamidines, such as diminazene and pentamidine, are well-studied chemotherapeutic agents with significant activity against parasitic diseases. The in vitro activities of novel diamidine com
The heterogeneous evolution of multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Recent surveillance data of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) reported the highest rates of resistance ever documented. As further amplification of resistance in MDR strains of Mycobacterium t
Improving environmental sanitation, health, and well-being: a conceptual framework for integral interventions (Publications)
We introduce a conceptual framework for improving health and environmental sanitation in urban and peri-urban areas using an approach combining health, ecological, and socioeconomic and cultural asses
Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Northern Vietnam: Hanoi and Thainguyen case study using the moss biomonitoring technique, INAA and AAS (Publications)
BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE: The moss technique is widely used to monitor atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in many countries in Europe, whereas this technique is scarcely used in Asia. To impleme
Personal exposure assessment studies may suffer from exposure-relevant selection bias (Publications)
We evaluated exposure-relevant selection bias within the framework of a study on personal air pollution exposure, using traffic data as exposure proxy. Based on random samples of 3000 (Basel) and 2532
Nutzen Behandlungsempfehlungen in psychiatrischen versicherungsrechtlichen Gutachten?[Treatment Recommendations in Psychiatric Disability Insurance... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In recent years the total number of people drawing a pension - especially for psychiatric reasons - from Switzerland's Federal Disability Insurance ("IV") has been steadily climbing. As we