Geostatistical model-based estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence among individuals aged </=20 years in West Africa (Publications)
schistosomiasis prevalence maps. METHODOLOGY: We analyzed survey data compiled on a newly established open-access global neglected tropical diseases database (i) to create smooth empirical prevalence maps
Real-life versus package insert: a post-marketing study on adverse-event rates of the virosomal hepatitis A vaccine Epaxal(R) in healthy travellers (Publications)
A vaccine Epaxal((R)), comparing data collected by solicited or unsolicited self-reporting. In an open, multi-centre post-marketing study, 2675 healthy travellers received single doses of vaccine administered
Real-life versus package insert: a post-marketing study on adverse-event rates of the virosomal hepatitis A vaccine Epaxal(R) in healthy travellers (Publications)
A vaccine Epaxal((R)), comparing data collected by solicited or unsolicited self-reporting. In an open, multi-centre post-marketing study, 2675 healthy travellers received single doses of vaccine administered
Geostatistical model-based estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence among individuals aged </=20 years in West Africa (Publications)
schistosomiasis prevalence maps. METHODOLOGY: We analyzed survey data compiled on a newly established open-access global neglected tropical diseases database (i) to create smooth empirical prevalence maps
Assessment of Current Intestinal Helminth-Related Data and Control Capacity in Moldova, Romania and Georgia (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/assessment-of-current-intestinal-helminth-related-data-and-control-capacity-in-moldova-romania-and-georgia
regarding the WASH situation in the country and identify risk areas (areas with pit latrines and/or partly open defecation, areas where sludge from latrines and/or septic tanks are applied on agricultural fields)
Ensuring transmission through dynamic host environments: host-pathogen interactions in <em>Plasmodium </em>sexual development (Publications)
sexual development, especially host cell remodeling and sequestration in the bone marrow, highlight open questions regarding parasite homing to the tissue, transmigration across the vascular endothelium
Spatially explicit <em>Schistosoma</em> infection risk in eastern Africa using Bayesian geostatistical modelling (Publications)
and cost-effective manner. We analysed a large ensemble of georeferenced survey data derived from an open-access neglected tropical diseases database to create smooth empirical prevalence maps for Schistosoma
The straw that breaks the camel's back: redirecting health-seeking behavior studies on malaria and vulnerability (Publications)
processes of vulnerability paints a more comprehensive picture of people's struggle for health. This opens up a more systemic and dynamic perspective on access to care for disadvantaged populations
Tests diagnostiques rapides (TDR): la panacée pour le praticien? (Publications)
as first-line emergency diagnostic tool and, when negative, delayed microscopy at the laboratory opening time is implemented in Lausanne since 1999. This strategy has been shown to be safe. Each TDR has
Emergency Services (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/services/diagnostic-centre/emergency-services
examinations. Cases classified as emergencies are handled by us as fast as possible, even outside the opening hours. On behalf of the Swiss Confederation, we take over the emergency diagnosis in malaria suspicion