The communication chain of genetic risk: analyses of narrative data exploring proband-provider and proband-family communication in hereditary breast... (Publications)
Low uptake of genetic services among members of families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) suggests limitations of proband-mediated communication of genetic risk. This study explored ho
A tiered approach for assessing individual and combined risk of pyrethroids using human biomonitoring data (Publications)
Pyrethroids are a major insecticide class, suitable for biomonitoring in humans. Due to similarities in structure and metabolic pathways, urinary metabolites are common to various active substances. A
Egg-laying and locomotory screens with <em>C. elegans </em>yield a nematode-selective small molecule stimulator of neurotransmitter release (Publications)
Nematode parasites of humans, livestock and crops dramatically impact human health and welfare. Alarmingly, parasitic nematodes of animals have rapidly evolved resistance to anthelmintic drugs, and tr
Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Although medical providers are a trusted vaccination information source for parents, they do not universally support vaccination. Complementary medicine (CM) providers are particularly like
Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data (Publications)
The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO, https://www.iddo.org) has launched a clinical data platform for the collation, curation, standardisation and reuse of individual participant data (IPD)
Diagnoses and procedures of inpatients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Swiss university hospitals: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can result in short and long-term complications, which can impact physical, psychological and sexual health. Our objective was to obtain descripti
The source of individual heterogeneity shapes infectious disease outbreaks (Publications)
There is known heterogeneity between individuals in infectious disease transmission patterns. The source of this heterogeneity is thought to affect epidemiological dynamics but studies tend not to con
A review of malaria epidemiology and control in Papua New Guinea 1900 to 2021: progress made and future directions (Publications)
The research and control of malaria has a long history in Papua New Guinea, sometimes resulting in substantial changes to the distribution of infection and transmission dynamics in the country. There
Marcel Tanner, global health specialist "Extraordinaire" incl supplementary materials with personal contributions from renowned experts (Publications)
Marcel Tanner, President of the Swiss Academy of the Sciences, Director emeritus of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), and Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Parasitology a