Persistent digestive disorders in the tropics: causative infectious pathogens and reference diagnostic tests (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Persistent digestive disorders account for considerable disease burden in the tropics. Despite advances in understanding acute gastrointestinal infections, important issues conce
The semi-individual study in air pollution epidemiology: a valid design as compared to ecologic studies (Publications)
The assessment of long-term effects of air pollution in humans relies on epidemiologic studies. A widely used design consists of cross-sectional or cohort studies in which ecologic assignment of expos
Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants in Switzerland (Publications)
International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva,
A three-step diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia at the emergency department using clinical predictors, C-reactive protein, and pneumococcal PCR (Publications)
Recommendations for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) advocate that, in the absence of the clinical and laboratory findings typical of bacterial CAP, antibiotics are not required. H