Gnathostomiasis in a traveller returning from Madagascar (Publications)
Gnathostomiasis is a foodborne parasitic zoonosis known to be endemic in Southeast Asia, India, Central and South America, with recent cases reported in Zambia, Botswana and South Africa. We report a
Application of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey in three national languages in Switzerland: exploratory factor analysis and... (Publications)
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is a complex and context-specific phenomenon that is linked to under-immunization and poses challenges to immunization programs. The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (P
Combination with tomatidine improves the potency of posaconazole against <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
Azoles such as posaconazole (Posa) are highly potent against Trypanosoma cruzi. However, when tested in chronic Chagas disease patients, a high rate of relapse after Posa treatment was observed. It ap
Anderswo altern (Publications)
Die Lebensumstände und der Stellenwert alter Menschen sind im globalen Süden drastisch anders als in der Schweiz. Die Vorstellung, in Südostasien etwa sei ein liebevoller Umgang mit Pflegebedürftigen
Vieillir ailleurs (Publications)
Les conditions de vie et l’importance des personnes âgées sont radicalement différentes dans les pays du Sud par rapport à la Suisse. L’idée qu’en Asie du Sud-Est, par exemple, une approche aimante en
Adherence to standard treatment guidelines among prescribers in primary healthcare facilities in the Dodoma region of Tanzania (Publications)
Background: Tanzania's primary healthcare system suffers from a scarcity of financial and human resources that impedes its effectiveness to deliver dependable and uniform quality healthcare. Adherence
Association of incomplete adherence to antiretroviral therapy with cardiovascular events and mortality in virologically suppressed persons with HIV:... (Publications)
Background: Incomplete antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, even if sufficient to maintain viral suppression, is associated with enhanced inflammation in persons with HIV (PWH). However, its clinic
Predicting the impact of COVID-19 interruptions on transmission of <em>gambiense </em>human African trypanosomiasis in two health zones of the... (Publications)
Many control programmes against neglected tropical diseases have been interrupted due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including those that rely on active case finding. In this stu
Extensive drug resistance during low-level HIV viraemia while taking NNRTI-based ART supports lowering the viral load threshold for regimen switch in... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: WHO guidelines on ART define the HIV-1 viral load (VL) threshold for treatment failure at 1000 copies/mL. The Switch Either near Suppression Or THOusand (SESOTHO) trial, conducted in Lesot
