Influence of a lifestyle intervention in preschool children on physiological and psychological parameters (Ballabeina): study design of a cluster... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are increasing dramatically worldwide. Children of low socioeconomic status and/or children of migrant background are especially at risk. In gener
Justified concern or exaggerated fear: the risk of anaphylaxis in percutaneous treatment of cystic echinococcosis - a systematic literature review (Publications)
Percutaneous treatment (PT) emerged in the mid-1980s as an alternative to surgery for selected cases of abdominal cystic echinococcosis (CE). Despite its efficacy and widespread use, the puncture of e
Potential benefits, limitations and target product-profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Traps baited with synthetic human odors have been proposed as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. We investigated the potential benefits of suc
Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance (Publications)
Ivo Mueller, Laurence Slutsker, and Marcel Tanner highlight the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillan
Development of behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and linked to the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) is a promising strategy for malar
Influence of <em>M. tuberculosis</em> lineage variability within a clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis (Publications)
Recent studies suggest that M. tuberculosis lineage and host genetics interact to impact how active tuberculosis presents clinically. We determined the phylogenetic lineages of M. tuberculosis isolate
Comparative genomics of metabolic networks of free-living and parasitic eukaryotes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Obligate endoparasites often lack particular metabolic pathways as compared to free-living organisms. This phenomenon comprises anabolic as well as catabolic reactions. Presumably, the cor