Towards universal civil registration and vital statistics systems: the time is now (Publications)
The health and development challenges of the coming decades cannot be tackled effectively without reliable data for births, deaths, and causes of death, which only a comprehensive civil registration a
Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa (Publications)
West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the virus is thoug
High level of fecal calprotectin at age 2 months as a marker of intestinal inflammation predicts atopic dermatitis and asthma by age 6 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota and intestinal inflammation regulate the development of immune-mediated diseases, such as allergies. Fecal calprotectin is a biomarker of intestinal inflammation. OBJECTIVE:
Investigating the potential of reported cattle mortality data in Switzerland for syndromic surveillance (Publications)
Systems for the identification and registration of cattle have gradually been receiving attention for use in syndromic surveillance, a relatively recent approach for the early detection of infectious
Land use regression models to estimate the annual and seasonal spatial variability of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter in Tehran, Iran (Publications)
The Middle Eastern city of Tehran, Iran has poor air quality compared with cities of similar size in Europe and North America. Spatial annual and seasonal patterns of SO2 and PM10 concentrations were
Cutaneous and post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis caused by <em>Leishmania infantum</em> in endemic areas of visceral leishmaniasis, northwestern Iran... (Publications)
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Northwest and southern Iran. Reports of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Northwest areas are rare, and its etiological agents are unknown. In the current study