Allergic diseases and atopic sensitization in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle - the PARSIFAL study (Publications)
Background: The prevalence of allergic diseases has increased rapidly in recent decades, particularly in children. For adequate prevention it is important not only to identify risk factors, but also p
Sleep disturbances in the vicinity of the short-save broadcast transmitter (Publications)
Objectives The studies reported here investigated the association between health complaintsand the vicinity to the short wave transmitter Schwarzenburg, and looked for evidence for arelationship betwe
Surveillance and control of <em>Aedes albopictus</em> in the Swiss-Italian border region: differences in egg densities between intervention and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, originates from the tropical and subtropical regions of Southeast Asia. Over the recent decades it has been passively spread across the globe, p
A single-nucleotide-polymorphism real-time PCR assay for genotyping of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex in peri-urban Kampala (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Accurate and high-throughput genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) may be important for understanding the epidemiology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB). In this stud