High prevalence of large trematode eggs in schoolchildren in Cambodia (Publications)
Large trematode eggs (LTE) resembling Fasciola spp. eggs were reportedly found in the stools of schoolchildren in Kandal province, Cambodia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of LTE in the sto
Comparison of the Kato-Katz method and ether-concentration technique for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the framework of a... (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminth infections are a major public health problem. An accurate diagnosis is important in order to identify individuals and communities in need of intervention, and for monitoring
Aircraft noise, air pollution, and mortality from myocardial infarction (Publications)
OBJECTIVE:: Myocardial infarction has been associated with both transportation noise and air pollution. We examined residential exposure to aircraft noise and mortality from myocardial infarction, tak
Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10 (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to derive a short version of the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS) using data from 412 adolescents of the Swiss HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile phonE use in adole
Estimating malaria transmission intensity from <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> serological data using antibody density models (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Serological data are increasingly being used to monitor malaria transmission intensity and have been demonstrated to be particularly useful in areas of low transmission where traditional m
Lab-on-chip based platform for fast molecular diagnosis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (Publications)
We evaluated the performance of the molecular lab-on-chip-based VerePLEX Biosystem for detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, obtaining diagnostic accuracy over 97.8% compared to sequencing a
Conduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocol (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The development of new wireless communication technologies that emit radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) is ongoing, but little is known about the RF-EMF exposure dis