Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: from yesterday until today (Publications)
Little is known about the situation of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea despite its high TB burden, emerging drug resistance and rising HIV co-infection. This review gives an overview on the current s
Noise-related sleep disturbances: does gender matter? (Publications)
Women sleep differently and report differently about sleep disturbances than men. However, it is unclear whether the sleep of women and men is affected differently by traffic noise exposure. We aimed
A Bayesian generalized age-period-cohort power model for cancer projections (Publications)
Age-period-cohort (APC) models are the state of art in cancer projections, assessing past and recent trends and extrapolating mortality or incidence data into the future. Nordpred is a well-establishe
Rethinking eye health systems to achieve universal coverage: the role of research (Publications)
Achieving universal coverage in eye care remains a tremendous challenge as 226 million people in the world remain visually impaired, the majority from avoidable causes. The impact of eye care interven
Representative seroprevalences of human and livestock brucellosis in two Mongolian provinces (Publications)
Mongolia implemented a brucellosis livestock mass vaccination campaign from 2000 to 2009. However, the number of human cases did not decline since 2004 and the current epidemiological situation in Mon
Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis [Letter] (Publications)
Modern strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Americas are closely related to those from Europe, supporting the assumption that human tuberculosis was introduced post-contact. This notion, how
HIV-serostatus disclosure in the context of free antiretroviral therapy and socio-economic dependency: experiences among women living with HIV in... (Publications)
The worldwide implementation of free antiretroviral therapy (ART) raised great hopes among policy makers and health organisations about the positive changes it would bring about in attitudes and behav
Elemental composition of particulate matter and the association with lung function (Publications)
BACKGROUND:: Negative effects of long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) on lung function have been shown repeatedly. Spatial differences in the composition and toxicity of PM may explain differ
Prevalence of wheezing and atopic diseases in Austrian schoolchildren in conjunction with urban, rural or farm residence (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A large number of studies have consistently shown that children growing up on a farm have a reduced prevalence of allergic disorders. The GABRIEL Advanced Study was conducted in five rural