Rapid diagnostic test-based management of malaria: an effectiveness study in Papua New Guinean infants with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and... (Publications)
Background. In malaria-endemic areas it is recommended that febrile children be tested for malaria by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) or blood slide (BS) and receive effective malaria treatment only if re
Prevalence and self-reported health consequences of vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a household survey (Publications)
Objectives To investigate population-level prevalence of vaginal practices, their frequency and self-reported health consequences in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods A household survey using multi
Health information given by Swiss travel agencies (Publications)
Background. Many of the 1 million Swiss traveling to tropical or subtropical countries book their trip through travel agencies every year. These agencies are thus an important source of information ab
Is fever a good sign for clinical malaria in surveys of endemic communities? (Publications)
Although fever is the characteristic sign of clinical malaria, many Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in endemic areas do not present with measurable temperature elevations. In a field study in Tanz
Antiprotozoal activities of epimeric aminobicycles (Publications)
We synthesized several 4-aminobicyclo[2.2.2] octan-2-ols and 4-amino-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes from epimerized 4-amino-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ones. The new compounds were tested for their activity aga
Acute hepatitis A in a young returning traveler from Kenya despite immunization before departure (Publications)
Aluminum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccines are known to be highly efficient. We present here the case of a patient who was immunized against hepatitis A before leaving for Kenya and who contracted an acut