Does test-based prescription of evidence-based treatment for malaria improve treatment seeking and satisfaction? Findings of repeated cross-sectional... (Publications)
Introduction: The presumptive treatment of febrile illness with antimalarial medication is becoming less common in low-income and middle-income countries as access to reliable diagnostic tests improve
The burden of gastroenteritis in Switzerland (BUGS) study: a research proposal for a 1-year, prospective cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a usually self-limiting, but common disease worldwide. In Europe, incidence estimates range from 0.3-1.5 AG episodes/person-year. For Switzerland, available i
Efficacy and safety of ascending dosages of tribendimidine against hookworm infections in children: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
Background: The global strategy to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis is mainly focused on preventive chemotherapy based on albendazole and mebendazole. We assessed the efficacy and safety of asce
A multiplex assay for the sensitive detection and quantification of male and female <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> gametocytes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The transmission of malaria to mosquitoes depends on the presence of gametocytes that circulate in the peripheral blood of infected human hosts. Sensitive estimates of the densities of fem
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of organometallic derivatives of the antimalarial drug mefloquine as new antischistosomal drug... (Publications)
We present the design, synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of new ferrocenyl and ruthenocenyl derivatives of the organic antimalarial mefloquine, a drug also known for its antischist
A metapopulation model of dog rabies transmission in N'Djamena, Chad (Publications)
Rabies transmission was interrupted for several months in N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, after two mass vaccination campaigns of dogs. However, there was a resurgence in cases, which was not pre