Risk profiling of schistosomiasis using remote sensing: approaches, challenges and outlook (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease that affects an estimated 250 million people, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The transmission of schistosomiasis is spatially and temporally restric
Age-shifting in malaria incidence as a result of induced immunological deficit: a simulation study (Publications)
Effective population-level interventions against Plasmodium falciparum malaria lead to age-shifts, delayed morbidity or rebounds in morbidity and mortality whenever they are deployed in ways that do n
New algorithm for managing childhood illness using mobile technology (ALMANACH): a controlled non-inferiority study on clinical outcome and antibiotic... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The decline of malaria and scale-up of rapid diagnostic tests calls for a revision of IMCI. A new algorithm (ALMANACH) running on mobile technology was developed based on the latest evid
Activity profile of an FDA-approved compound library against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As plans to expand mass drug treatment campaigns to fight schistosomiasis form, worries about reliance on praziquantel as the sole available treatment motivate the investigation for novel
'I know it has worked for millions of years': the role of the 'natural' in parental reasoning against child immunization in a qualitative study in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite efforts of international and national health authorities, immunization coverage and timeliness of vaccination against dangerous childhood diseases have been adversely affected by p
Use of recombinant virus replicon particles for vaccination against <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> disease (Publications)
Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a necrotizing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which is most prevalent in rural regions of West African countries. The maj
Evaluation of farm-level parameters derived from animal movements for use in risk-based surveillance programmes of cattle in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: This study focused on the descriptive analysis of cattle movements and farm-level parameters derived from cattle movements, which are considered to be generically suitable for risk-based s
Disseminated tuberculosis in an HIV-infected child: rifampicin resistance detected by GeneXpert in a lymph node aspirate but not in cerebrospinal... (Publications)
A 9-year-old HIV-infected child previously treated with inadequate doses of antitubercular drugs based on weight was admitted 5 months after initial tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis with acute hemiplegia a