Health information given by Swiss travel agencies (Publications)
Background. Many of the 1 million Swiss traveling to tropical or subtropical countries book their trip through travel agencies every year. These agencies are thus an important source of information ab
Is fever a good sign for clinical malaria in surveys of endemic communities? (Publications)
Although fever is the characteristic sign of clinical malaria, many Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in endemic areas do not present with measurable temperature elevations. In a field study in Tanz
Antiprotozoal activities of epimeric aminobicycles (Publications)
We synthesized several 4-aminobicyclo[2.2.2] octan-2-ols and 4-amino-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes from epimerized 4-amino-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ones. The new compounds were tested for their activity aga
Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter? (Publications)
The geographical ranges of most species, including many infectious disease agents and their vectors and intermediate hosts, are assumed to be constrained by climatic tolerances, mainly temperature. It
Asthma score: predictive ability and risk factors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Definition of asthma as a continuous score is a promising tool for population studies that has not yet been fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE: We assessed (i) the predictive ability of an asthma
Exposure to a farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on T(H)2-dependent isotype switching in response to common inhalants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: IgE synthesis by human B cells results from allergen-dependent, T(H)2-mediated isotype switching. Exposure to a farming environment protects against IgE responses. OBJECTIVE: We reconstruc
Structural and functional characterisation of the toll like receptor 9 of <em>Aotus nancymaae</em>, a non-human primate model for malaria vaccine... (Publications)
In the absence of suitable rodent animal models for Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the efficacy testing of asexual blood-stage vaccine candidates in Aotus nancymaae represents a tool to select between