Short-term association between ambient air pollution and pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of time-series and... (Publications)
Ambient air pollution has been associated with respiratory diseases in children. However, its effects on pediatric pneumonia have not been meta-analyzed. We conducted a systematic review and meta-anal
Automated high throughput analysis of antiretroviral drugs in dried blood spots (Publications)
For therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in remote settings, dried blood spots (DBS) are particularly advantageous, as blood sample collection and handling is uncomplicated. The aim of this study was to
Accuracy of diagnostic tests for <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in asymptomatic Eritrean refugees: serology and POC-CCA against stool... (Publications)
Background: The unprecedented increase in number of African refugees arriving in Europe is confronting clinicians and general practitioners with the question of whether or not and how to screen migran
Antimalarial inhibitors targeting serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) with <em>in vivo</em> efficacy and analysis of their binding mode based on... (Publications)
Target-based approaches toward new antimalarial treatments are highly valuable to prevent resistance development. We report several series of pyrazolopyran-based inhibitors targeting the enzyme serine
Healthcare access and quality index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (
Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide cohort study from Switzerland (Publications)
Most studies published to date consider single noise sources and the reported noise metrics are not informative about the peaking characteristics of the source under investigation. Our study focuses o