Fecal contamination of food, water, hands and kitchen utensils at the household level in Peru (Publications)
The study described in this article evaluated sources of contamination of children's food and drinking water in rural households in the highlands of Peru. Samples from children's meals, drinking water
Trends in prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in 5-7 year old Swiss children from 1992 to 2001 (Publications)
Background: Changing occurrence rates of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis are of public health concern and require surveillance. Changes in prevalence rates of these atopic diseases wer
Intergovernmental relations and long term care reforms: lessons from the Italian case (Publications)
The article aims at analysing the reasons why Italy failed to reform Long Term Care (LTC) policies, focusing on an aspect which has been overlooked: the interplay between LTC policies and the intergov
Beyond malaria: causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As the incidence of malaria diminishes, a better understanding of nonmalarial fever is important for effective management of illness in children. In this study, we explored the spectrum of
Maurer's clefts, the enigma of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria, completely remodels the infected human erythrocyte to acquire nutrients and to evade the immune system. For this process, the parasite exports mo