Environmental exposure to endotoxin and other microbial products and the decreased risk of childhood atopy: evaluating developments since April 2002 (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The hygiene hypothesis proposes an association between the change in exposure to microbes and the increased incidence of atopic diseases in recent decades. Exposure to microbes and
No further increase in asthma, hay fever and atopic sensitisation in adolescents living in Switzerland (Publications)
Prevalence rates of childhood asthma and allergy have been on the increase for several decades. The present study investigated whether this trend continued during the 1990s in adolescents living in Sw
Soziale Unterschiede in der vor- und nachgeburtlichen Sterblichkeit: Schweiz: 1979-1985 (Publications)
The influence of social factors on birthweight and fetal and infant mortality was investigated in the Swiss birth cohort from 1979-85 (N = 519,933). The proportion of newborns with low-birthweight (le
Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In early life, the innate immune system can recognize both viable and nonviable parts of microorganisms. Immune activation may direct the immune response, thus conferring tolerance to alle
Simple questionnaire and urine reagent strips compared to microscopy for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> in a community in northern... (Publications)
Objectives To evaluate the utility of a simple questionnaire and urine reagent strip testing for the rapid diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in rural northern Ghana. Methods Cross-sectional parasit