Emergency hormonal contraception in Switzerland: a comparison of the user profile before and three years after deregulation (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the time lapse between sexual intercourse and request for emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) from pharmacies and to analyse the profiles of EHC users shortly after deregula
Synthesis, DNA binding and antileishmanial activity of low molecular weight bis-arylimidamides (Publications)
The effects of reducing the molecular weight of the antileishmanial compound DB766 on DNA binding affinity, antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity are reported. The bis-arylimidamides were prepared
Bayesian spatial risk prediction of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in western Côte d'Ivoire using a remotely-sensed digital elevation... (Publications)
An important epidemiologic feature of schistosomiasis is the focal distribution of the disease. Thus, the identification of high-risk communities is an essential first step for targeting interventions
A major trichinellosis outbreak suggesting a high endemicity of trichinella infection in northern Laos (Publications)
Trichinellosis is an important and under-recognized food-borne zoonosis in Southeast Asia. After 30 years of no reports, a small outbreak was described in Central Lao PDR (Laos) in 2003. Here we repor
Gene expression measurements in the context of epidemiological studies (Publications)
Background: Gene expression measurements became an attractive tool to assess biological responses in epidemiological studies. However, collection of blood samples poses various technical problems. We