ExpoApp: an integrated system to assess multiple personal environmental exposures (Publications)
To assess environmental exposures at the individual level, new assessment methods and tools are required. We developed an exposure assessment system (ExpoApp) for smartphones. ExpoApp integrates: (i)
Determination of optimal diagnostic cut-offs for the Naval Medical Research Centre scrub typhus IgM ELISA in Chiang Rai, Thailand (Publications)
In this diagnostic accuracy study, we evaluated data from 135 febrile patients from Chiang Rai, to determine the optimal optical density (OD) cutoffs for an in-house scrub typhus IgM ELISA. Receiver o
Pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of ivermectin in <em>Trichuris trichiura</em>-infected children aged 2-12 years (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Yearly, millions of children are treated globally with ivermectin mainly for neglected tropical diseases. Anatomical, physiological and biochemical differences between children and adults
Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (Publications)
Herein, we describe a biomimetic entry to (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (2) as well as to the artemisinin derivatives (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-desmethylartemisinin (16) and (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-epi-art
Depression and anxiety symptoms in cardiac patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Palestinian population (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems have an adverse effect on the course of cardiac disease. The integration of their diagnosis and treatment into cardiology care is generally poor. It is particularly
Hospital outbreak due to <em>Clostridium difficile</em> ribotype 018 (RT018) in Southern Germany (Publications)
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is the main cause of nosocomial diarrhoea. Ribotype 018 (RT018) has been recognized as the predominant strain responsible for C. difficile infection (CDI) in Ita
Case report: two cases of cholangiocarcinoma in patients with <em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection in Western Siberia, Russian Federation (Publications)
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer with high mortality owing to its aggressiveness and resistance to therapy. The liver flukes of the Opisthorchiidae family have been recognized as risk factors of C
Safety and immunogenicity of tetanus/diphtheria vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases - a prospective multi-centre cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a diphtheria/tetanus vaccine booster dose in three different patient groups with rheumatic diseases on a variety of immunosuppressive/im