Auswirkungen von Luftschadstoffen auf die Atemwege von Kleinkindern (Publications)
A one year study on a random sample of 1225 Swiss children aged 0-5 years was conducted in four different areas (two urban, one suburban and one rural) of Switzerland to investigate the relationship b
Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants: a decision-support tool for sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To develop a decision-support tool to help policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa assess whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) would be effective for local malaria contro
A periodically-forced mathematical model for the seasonal dynamics of malaria in mosquitoes (Publications)
We describe and analyze a periodically-forced difference equation model for malaria in mosquitoes that captures the effects of seasonality and allows the mosquitoes to feed on a heterogeneous populati
Novel <em>in vivo</em> active anti-malarials based on a hydroxy-ethyl-amine scaffold (Publications)
A novel series of anti-malarials, based on a hydroxy-ethyl-amine scaffold, initially identified as peptidomimetic protease inhibitors is described. Combination of the hydroxy-ethyl-amine anti-malarial
An Increase in Bronchial Responsiveness is Associated with Continuing or Restarting Smoking (Publications)
Rationale: Bronchial responsiveness has been found to be associated with smoking, atopy and lower lung function in cross-sectional studies, but there is little information on determinants of change in