Time trends of positivity rates from foodborne pathogen testing in Switzerland, 2003 to 2012 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are important foodborne diseases in Europe, including in Switzerland. In 2014, notification rates for Switzerland were 92.9 per 100 000 population for
Identification of steroid-like natural products as antiplasmodial agents by 2D and 3D similarity-based virtual screening (Publications)
The emergence of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to available antimalarial drugs has challenged current antimalarial treatments. New antimalarials, particularly those with novel mechanisms of
Virus detection by high-throughput sequencing of small RNAs: large scale performance testing of sequence analysis strategies (Publications)
Recent developments in high-throughput sequencing (HTS), also called next-generation sequencing (NGS), technologies and bioinformatics have drastically changed research on viral pathogens and spurred
Schistosomiasis (Publications)
Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic flatworms (blood flukes) of the genus Schistosoma, with considerable morbidity in parts of the Middle East, South Americ
Acute phase proteins and IP-10 as triage tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We examined the data reported in studies for diagnostic purposes and discuss whether their intended use could be extended to triage, as rule in or rule out tests to select individuals who
Particulate matter air pollution components and incidence of cancers of the stomach and the upper aerodigestive tract in the European Study of Cohorts... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Previous analysis from the large European multicentre ESCAPE study showed an association of ambient particulate matter
Rhabdopeptide/Xenortide-like peptides from <em>Xenorhabdus innexi </em>with terminal amines showing potent antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Seven new rhabdopeptide/xenortide-like peptides (RXPs) (1-7) with putrescine or ammonia as the C-terminal amines were isolated from Xenorhabdus innexi DSM 16336. Their chemical structures were elucida
Impact of subtypes and comorbidities on breast cancer relapse and survival in population-based studies (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of subtypes and comorbidities on breast cancer (BC) relapse and survival in the heterogeneous patients of the real world. METHODS: We identified patients diagnosed with