Raw fish consumption in liver fluke endemic areas in rural southern Laos (Publications)
Consumption of raw or insufficiently cooked fish is a major public health concern in Southeast Asia, and in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), in particular. We aimed to assess the knowledge,
Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of... (Publications)
Post-treatment soil-transmitted helminth re-infection patterns were studied as part of a randomized controlled trial among school-aged children from an ethnic minority group in Yunnan province, People
Preparedness of anesthesiologists working in humanitarian disasters (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Many skills needed to provide patients with safe, timely, and adequate anesthesia care during humanitarian crisis and disaster relief operations are not part of the daily routine before dep
Effect of nocturnal road traffic noise exposure and annoyance on objective and subjective sleep quality (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Various epidemiological studies have found an association between noise exposure and sleep quality, but the mediating role of annoyance is unclear for this association. OBJECTIVES: To inve
Epidemiology of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> gametocytemia in India: prevalence, age structure, risk factors and the role of a predictive score for... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To characterise the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytemia and determine the prevalence, age structure and the viability of a predictive model for detection. METHODS: We collec
Zahnverlust, prothetische Versorgung und zahnärztliche Inanspruchnahme in der Schweiz (Publications)
The aim of this study is to report about the dental health situation in Switzerland and to evaluate frequencies of dental visits. Data were obtained from the first and second national Health Survey of