Estimating healthcare costs of acute gastroenteritis and human campylobacteriosis in Switzerland (Publications)
Rising numbers of campylobacteriosis case notifications in Switzerland resulted in an increased attention to acute gastroenteritis (AG) in general. Patients with a laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter i
Probing the peroxycarbenium [3+2] cycloaddition reactions with 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes: results and insights (Publications)
The causes for the title reaction to be limited to only the alkenes with an unsubstituted terminal alkenic carbon were explored. In some "failed" cases the cycloaddition products actually formed but r
Synthesis and biological characterisation of ester and amide derivatives of fusidic acid as antiplasmodial agents (Publications)
A series of novel fusidic acid (FA) derivatives was synthesized by replacing the carboxylic acid group with various ester and amide groups and evaluated in vitro for their antiplasmodial activity agai
Estimation of daily PM10 concentrations in Italy (2006–2012) using finely resolved satellite data, land use variables and meteorology (Publications)
Health effects of air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM), have been widely investigated. However, most of the studies rely on few monitors located in urban areas for short-term assessments,
Real-time PCR for detection of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in human stool samples from Côte d'Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory... (Publications)
Human infections with the helminth species Strongyloides stercoralis encompass a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening disease. The diagnosis of S. stercoralis
The prevalence and diversity of intestinal parasitic infections in humans and domestic animals in a rural Cambodian village (Publications)
In Cambodia, intestinal parasitic infections are prevalent in humans and particularly in children. Yet, information on potentially zoonotic parasites in animal reservoir hosts is lacking. In May 2012,
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth infections are common throughout the tropics and subtropics and they disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor. In view of a growing global commitment to
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> genotypes in humans in Cambodia (Publications)
Little is known about the genetic variability of the soil-transmitted nematode, Strongyloides stercoralis, in humans. We sequenced portions of the small subunit rDNA (SSU), including the hyper variabl