Spatial distribution of the chromosomal forms of <em>anopheles gambiae</em> in Mali (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Maps of the distribution of malaria vectors are useful tools for stratification of malaria risk and for selective vector control strategies. Although the distribution of members of the Ano
Reconstructing the 2003/2004 H3N2 influenza epidemic in Switzerland with a spatially explicit, individual-based model (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Simulation models of influenza spread play an important role for pandemic preparedness. However, as the world has not faced a severe pandemic for decades, except the rather mild
Eine vergessene Seuche: Erforschung und Bekämpfung der afrikanischen Schlafkrankheit am Swiss TPH (Publications)
Broschüre entstand anlässlich des 15. Swiss TPH Symposiums: Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> msp1, msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of anti-malarial drugs is assessed over a period of 28-63 days (depending on the drugs' residence time) following initiation of treatment in order to capture late failures. Ho
Estimating the numbers of malaria infections in blood samples using high-resolution genotyping data (Publications)
People living in endemic areas often habour several malaria infections at once. High-resolution genotyping can distinguish between infections by detecting the presence of different alleles at a polymo
Identification of compounds with anti-proliferative activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei</em> strain 427 by a whole cell viability based HTS... (Publications)
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by two trypanosome sub-species, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Drugs available for the treatment of HAT have significant