Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study (Publications)
Objectives: The primary objective of this population-based study is to describe the patterns of care of elderly patients with breast cancer (BC), and evaluate potential causative factors for the decre
Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe (Publications)
Background: Annoyance due to air pollution is a subjective score of air quality, which has been incorporated into the National Environmental monitoring of some countries. The objectives of this study
Acridine Orange for malaria diagnosis: its diagnostic performance, its promotion and implementation in Tanzania, and the implications for malaria... (Publications)
One hundred years ago, Giemsa's stain was employed for the first time for malaria diagnosis. Giemsa staining continues to be the method of choice in most malarious countries, although, in the recent p
Beijing sublineages of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> differ in pathogenicity in the Guinea pig (Publications)
The Beijing family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is part of lineage 2 (also known as the East Asian lineage). In clinical studies, we have observed that isolates from the sublineage RD207 of l
Quality of primary outpatient services in Dar-es-Salaam: a comparison of government and voluntary providers (Publications)
This study aimed to test whether voluntary agencies provide care of better quality than that provided by government with respect to primary curative outpatient services in Dar-es-Salaam. All non-gover
Artemisinins and synthetic trioxolanes in the treatment of helminth infections (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Helminthiases, including schistosomiasis and food-borne trematodiasis, affect millions of people. Just a few drugs are used for the treatment and control of these diseases. We revie