Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and potential predictors: a rapid appraisal among >/= 45 year old residents of southern Tajikistan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An estimated 2% of all deaths in Tajikistan can be attributed to diabetes but reliable data is scarce for the country and across Central Asia. We assessed the prevalence of impaired glucos
An ultra-sensitive assay targeting the circulating anodic antigen for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a low-endemic area, People's... (Publications)
The downward trend in prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma japonicum infection in the People's Republic of China (PR China) has reached a level where accurate methods are required for monitoring th
Infektionsbiologie und Epidemiologie : Lernprogramm zum Kurs Infektionsbiologie und Epidemiologie [CD-ROM] (Publications)
This learning programme accompanies the block course of the same name offered by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute to third-year students taking the BSc degree in biology at the Universit
Thiazolopyrimidine inhibitors of 2-methylerythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF) from <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> and <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
A library of 40,000 compounds was screened for inhibitors of 2-methylerythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF) protein from Arabidopsis thaliana using a photometric assay. A thiazolopyrimidine d
European Community Respiratory Health Survey II (ECRHS II) : final report of work package (WP 7) : assessment of chemical elements on PM2.5 collected... (Publications)
The follow-up of a cohort of adults from 21 European centres of the former European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS I, 1989-1992) will examine the long-term effects of exposure to ambient a
Bildatlas = Picture Archive [CD-ROM] (Publications)
Digitaler Bildatlas mit über 5000 Bildern aus der Bildersammlung des Schweizerischen Tropeninstitutes
Geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Cambodia: do socioeconomic factors improve predictions? (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminth infections are intimately connected with poverty. Yet, there is a paucity of using socioeconomic proxies in spatially explicit risk profiling. We compiled household-level soc