Biobanking for epidemiological research and public health (Publications)
Almost all healthcare systems are currently facing fundamental challenges. New ways of organizing these systems based on novel knowledge and stakeholders' different needs are required to meet these ch
Cardiac involvement in African and American trypanosomiasis (Publications)
American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) are both caused by single-celled flagellates that are transmitted by arthropods. Cardiac problems a
Treatment of late stage sleeping sickness caused by <em>T.b. gambiense</em>: a new approach to the use of an old drug (Publications)
Melarsoprol is the standard treatment of late stage trypanosomiasis. The development of treatment schedules was previously purely empirical. Generally melarsoprol is given in 3 series of three to four
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the Basel city population 1989-1990 (Publications)
In the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt, the levels of the major cardiovascular risk factors were measured in 1989/90 in a representative sample of 533 inhabitants (252 men and 281 women) aged 25 to 74. So
Strain diversity, epistasis and the evolution of drug resistance in<em> Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 815-820 ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis harbours little DNA sequence diversity compared with other bacteria. However, there is mounting evidence that strain-to-str
Psychological stress in patients with environmentally-induced disorders. A comparison between self concept and expert assessment (Publications)
Environmental illnesses raise diagnostic and therapeutic conflicts in scientific discussions and clinical practice. When a patient's health-belief model, based on environmental origins, does not match
Identification of a cis-acting DNA-protein interaction implicated in singular var gene choice in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most severe form of malaria in humans. Antigenic variation of P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 leads to immune evasion and occurs through switc