Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence in healthcare personnel in northern California early in the coronavirus... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the magnitude of unidentified coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in our healthcare personnel (HCP) early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and we evaluated risk factors for infection t
Defining the features and duration of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with disease severity and outcome (Publications)
SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, particularly those preventing viral spike receptor binding domain (RBD) interaction with host angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, can neutralize the virus.
Large-scale testing of asymptomatic healthcare personnel for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Publications)
Large-scale, 1-time testing of > 12,000 asymptomatic healthcare personnel in California, USA, during April-June 2020 showed that prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was low (
Modeling human adaptive immune responses with tonsil organoids (Publications)
Most of what we know about adaptive immunity has come from inbred mouse studies, using methods that are often difficult or impossible to confirm in humans. In addition, vaccine responses in mice are o
Case-control study of individuals with discrepant nucleocapsid and spike protein SARS-CoV-2 IgG results (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Laboratory-based methods for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection vary widely in performance. However, there are limited prospectively-collected data on assay performance, and minimal clinical in
Shared B cell memory to coronaviruses and other pathogens varies in human age groups and tissues (Publications)
Vaccination and infection promote the formation, tissue distribution, and clonal evolution of B cells, which encode humoral immune memory. We evaluated pediatric and adult blood and deceased adult org
Schoolchildren as agents of change towards antimicrobial resistance (Publications)
Schoolchildren are in their formative years, and therefore at an ideal stage in their lives to take in knowledge and best practices that will guide their future behavior. Through the Roll Back Antimic
An assessment of knowledge and hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers at Dodoma Regional Referral hospital (Publications)
The WHO-promoted ‘My 5 moments for hand hygiene’ is designed to prevent the spread of infectious organisms in healthcare settings which occurs mostly via contaminated hands of healthcare workers (HCWs
Youth as agents of change in raising AMR awareness in the community in Dodoma region (Publications)
One of the strategic objectives of the AMR national action plan is to improve public awareness and understanding of AMR. Changing people's behaviour is not easy and the older a person is, the more the
Evaluation simply listen (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/evaluation-simply-listen
Swiss TPH was commissioned by the Basel-Stadt Department of Health, in collaboration with the Basel-Stadt Office for Social Contributions, to conduct an external evaluation of the Basel health audio t