Modelling the impact of Omicron and emerging variants on SARS-CoV-2 transmission and public health burden (Publications)
Background: SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, such as Omicron (B.1.1.529), continue to emerge. Assessing the impact of their potential viral properties on the probability of future transmission dominanc
Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: a workshop report (Publications)
Despite the fact that several cases of unsafe pesticide use among farmers in different parts of Africa have been documented, there is limited evidence regarding which specific interventions are effect
Relationships between long-term residential exposure to total environmental noise and stroke incidence (Publications)
Background: Noise has been related to several cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as coronary heart disease and to their risk factors such as hypertension, but associations with stroke remain under-re
Addressing the evidence gap in the economic and social benefits of civil registration and vital statistics systems: a systematic review (Publications)
Objectives: Considering the aspiration embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals to Leave No One Behind by 2030, civil registration and vital statistics systems have an essential role in providing
Potential opportunities and challenges of deploying next generation sequencing and CRISPR-Cas systems to support diagnostics and surveillance towards... (Publications)
Recent developments in molecular biology and genomics have revolutionized biology and medicine mainly in the developed world. The application of next generation sequencing (NGS) and CRISPR-Cas tools i
Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs is a cost-effective intervention for morbidity control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, with programs expanding, drug p
<em>Opisthorchis felineus </em>infection is a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in Western Siberia: a hospital-based case-control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a fatal bile duct cancer, has a high incidence in Western Siberia, Russian Federation. In addition, Opisthorchis felineus (O. felineus), a bile duct dwelling trem
Exposure to surrounding greenness and natural-cause and cause-specific mortality in the ELAPSE pooled cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The majority of studies have shown higher greenness exposure associated with reduced mortality risks, but few controlled for spatially correlated air pollution and traffic noise exposures.
Tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay reveals early delayed bacterial killing in patients with relapse (Publications)
Bacterial killing in TB-patients with relapse was compared to patients achieving cure, measured by TB-molecular bacterial load assay(TB-MBLA) or MGIT time to positivity(TTP). TB-MBLA in 4 relapsed pat
The neighborhood environment and its association with the spatio-temporal footprint of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in... (Publications)
This study aimed to evaluate the association of the neighborhood environment with the spatio-temporal dependence of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in a Swiss urban area.
