Long-term exposure to particulate matter constituents and the incidence of coronary events in 11 European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality but little is known about the role of the chemical composition of PM
Antiviral innate immune activation in HIV infected adults negatively affects H1/IC31(R) induced vaccine-specific memory CD4+ T cells (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem, with vaccination being a necessary strategy for disease containment and elimination. A TB vaccine should be safe and immunogenic as well as efficacio
Using lung cancer mortality to indirectly approximate smoking patterns in space (Publications)
Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. Non-smoking factors have been associated with the disease. Existing Swiss survey data only capture the country partially and temporal coverage does not all
Host-directed therapies for tackling multi-drug resistant TB - learning from the Pasteur-Bechamp debates (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually. For several decades the major focus of TB treatment has been on antibiotic development targeting Mycobact
Human African trypanosomiasis prevention, treatment and control costs: a systematic review (Publications)
The control and eventual elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) requires the expansion of current control and surveillance activities. A systematic review of the published literature on th
Soudanones A-G: antifungal isochromanones from the ascomycetous fungus <em>Cadophora</em> sp. isolated from an iron mine (Publications)
One new isochromane (pseudoanguillosporin C, 2), seven isochromanones (soudanones A-G, 3-9), and six known analogues including 10 and 11 were isolated from a culture of the fungus Cadophora sp. 10-5-2
Civil registration and vital statistics: progress in the data revolution for counting and accountability (Publications)
New momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is building, driven by the confluence of growing demands for accountability and results in health, improved equity, and rights-based app
Low coverage of central point vaccination against dog rabies in Bamako, Mali (Publications)
Canine rabies remains an important public-health problem in Africa. Dog mass vaccination is the recommended method for rabies control and elimination. We report on the first small-scale mass dog vacci
