The migration-related language barrier and professional interpreter use in primary health care in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: With increased international migration, language barriers are likely becoming more relevant in primary care. The aim of this study was to investigate the language barrier in paediatric and
Health impact and related cost of ambient air pollution in Tehran (Publications)
Ambient air pollution represents one of the biggest environmental risks to health. In this study, we estimated the avoidable mortality burden attributable to ambient air pollution in Tehran, and deriv
Clinical trials in low-resource settings: the perspectives of caregivers of paediatric participants from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Vaccine clinical trials in low-resource settings have unique challenges due to structural and financial inequities. Specifically, protecting participant and caregiver autonomy to participa
Risk of congenital anomalies near municipal waste incinerators in England and Scotland: retrospective population-based cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated congenital anomalies in relation to municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) and results are inconclusive. OBJECTIVES: To conduct a national investigation into the
Whole genome sequencing of<em> Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>: current standards and open issues (Publications)
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has rapidly progressed from a research tool to a clinical application for the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and in public health
Health risks for sanitation service workers along a container-based urine collection system and resource recovery value chain (Publications)
Container-based sanitation (CBS) within a comprehensive service system value chain offers a low-cost sanitation option with potential for revenue generation but may increase microbial health risks to
<em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in schoolchildren in a Madagascan highland school assessed by PCR and sedimentation microscopy and Bayesian estimation of... (Publications)
Madagascar is an endemic area for schistosomiasis, but recent prevalence data are scarce. We investigated stool samples of 410 children aged 4-18 years from a combined primary and secondary school in
Rapid detection of Brucella spp. in blood cultures by fluorescence in situ hybridization (Publications)
Brucellosis is a severe systemic disease in humans. We describe a new 16S rRNA-based fluorescence in situ hybridization assay that facilitates rapid and specific detection of all human pathogenic spec
Superiority of molecular techniques for identification of gram-negative, oxidase-positive rods, including morphologically nontypical <em>Pseudomonas... (Publications)
Phenotypic identification of gram-negative bacteria from Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients carries a high risk of misidentification. Therefore, we compared the results of biochemical identification by API