WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region: a systematic review on environmental noise and cardiovascular and metabolic effects: a... (Publications)
To update the current state of evidence and assess its quality, we conducted a systematic review on the effects of environmental noise exposure on the cardio-metabolic systems as input for the new WHO
Impact of diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF® on health outcomes for tuberculosis (Publications)
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: to assess the impact of Xpert MTB/RIF on important patient outcomes for people with tuberculosis.
On a mission to block transmission (Publications)
The controlled infection of volunteers with Plasmodium falciparum parasites could provide a platform to evaluate new drugs and vaccines aimed at blocking malaria transmission.
Effect of an integrated intervention package of preventive chemotherapy, community-led total sanitation and health education on the prevalence of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy with donated anthelminthic drugs is the cornerstone for the control of helminthiases. However, reinfection can occur rapidly in the absence of clean water and sanit
Molecular characterization, toxin detection and resistance testing of human clinical <em>Clostridium difficile </em>isolates from Lebanon (Publications)
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is the main cause for nosocomial diarrhoea in industrialised nations. Epidemiologic data on the pathogen's occurrence in other world regions are still scarce. In
Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Conventional gold standard characterization of chigger mites involves chemical preparation procedures (i.e. specimen clearing) for visualization of morphological features, which however co
