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Surveillance of tuberculosis in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2009 to 2019 by Altpeter, Ekkehardt S., Schmidt, Axel J.

“…OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Switzerland from 2009 to 2019. METHODS: Analysis of Swiss notification data. RESULTS: Tuberculosis…”
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Feller, Martin, Huwiler, Karin, MD, Stephan, Roger, DVM, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, MD, Shang, Aijing, MD, Furrer, Hansjakob, MD, Pfyffer, Gaby E, PhD, Jemmi, Thomas, DVM, Baumgartner, Andreas, PhD, Egger, Matthias, Prof

“…Summary This systematic review assesses the evidence for an association between Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and Crohn's disease. We…”
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Rapid detection of the source of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in Switzerland through routine interviewing of patients and whole-genome sequencing by Speich, Cornelia, Stephan, Roger, Dhima, Nicola, Hollenstein, Florian, Horlbog, Jule, Delvento, Giulia, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Zuske, Meike, Raess, Michelle, Greter, Helena

“…Listeriosis is a notifiable disease in Switzerland. In summer 2022, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health noticed an increase in reports of listeriosis…”
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Retrospective, matched case–control analysis of tickborne encephalitis vaccine effectiveness by booster interval, Switzerland 2006–2020 by Zens, Kyra D, Haile, Sarah R, Schmidt, Axel J, Altpeter, Ekkehardt S, Fehr, Jan S, Lang, Phung

“…ObjectiveTo estimate effectiveness of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) vaccination by time interval (<5, 5–10 and 10+years) postvaccination.DesignA retrospective,…”
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Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica and epidemiology of tularemia in Switzerland by Schütz, Sara Doina, Liechti, Nicole, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Labutin, Anton, Wütrich, Tsering, Schmidt, Kristina Maria, Buettcher, Michael, Moser, Michel, Bruggmann, Rémy, Wittwer, Matthias

“…Tularemia, an endemic disease that mainly affects wild animals and humans, is caused by subsp. ( ) in Switzerland. The Swiss population consist of multiple…”
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Effect of Mutation and Genetic Background on Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by FENNER, Lukas, EGGER, Matthias, SIEGRIST, Hans H, FURRER, Hansjakob, CALMY, Alexandra, FEHR, Jan, STALDER, Jesica Mazza, NINET, Beatrice, BÖTTGER, Erik C, GAGNEUX, Sebastien, BODMER, Thomas, ALTPETER, Ekkehardt, ZWAHLEN, Marcel, JATON, Katia, PFYFFER, Gaby E, BORRELL, Sonia, DUBUIS, Olivier, BRUDERER, Thomas

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Health-seeking behaviour and treatment delay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Switzerland: some slip through the net by Auer, Christian, Kiefer, Sabine, Zuske, Meike, Schindler, Christian, Wyss, Kaspar, Blum, Johannes, Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier, Widmer, Ursula, Sauthier, Sonia, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Bossard, Katharina, Chatonnet, Christophe, Mazza-Stalder, Jesica, Začek, Bea, Zellweger, Jean-Pierre, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Mäusezahl, Mirjam

“…To assess the health-seeking behaviour, the patient delay (onset of symptoms to first consultation) and the health system delay (first consultation to start of…”
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Tuberculous sacroiliitis with secondary psoas abscess in an older patient: a case report by Kramer, Luisa, Geib, Vanessa, Evison, John, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Basedow, Jasmin, Brügger, Jan

“…Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Among native Swiss people, tuberculosis is more common in older people than in younger people…”
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Tick related diseases in Switzerland, 2008 to 2011 by Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Zimmermann, Hanspeter, Oberreich, Jürgen, Péter, Olivier, Dvořák, Charles

“…To determine the incidence and determinants of tick related diseases in Switzerland, for example tick bites and Lyme borreliosis in primary care and tick borne…”
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Treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Switzerland by Helbling, Peter, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Egger, Jean-Marie, Zellweger, Jean-Pierre

“…To assess outcomes 24 months after treatment start for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Cohort study of all culture-positive MDR-TB cases notified in…”
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A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates by Alvarez, Gonzalo G, Gushulak, Brian, Abu Rumman, Khaled, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Chemtob, Daniel, Douglas, Paul, Erkens, Connie, Helbling, Peter, Hamilton, Ingrid, Jones, Jane, Matteelli, Alberto, Paty, Marie-Claire, Posey, Drew L, Sagebiel, Daniel, Slump, Erika, Tegnell, Anders, Valín, Elena Rodríguez, Winje, Brita Askeland, Ellis, Edward

“…Tuberculosis (TB) in migrants is an ongoing challenge in several low TB incidence countries since a large proportion of TB in these countries occurs in…”
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Cross-border outbreak of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Bovismorbificans: multiple approaches for an outbreak investigation in Germany and Switzerland by Knoblauch, Astrid M, Bratschi, Martin W, Zuske, Meike K, Althaus, Denise, Stephan, Roger, Hächler, Herbert, Baumgartner, Andreas, Prager, Rita, Rabsch, Wolfgang, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Jost, Marianne, Mäusezahl, Mirjam, Hatz, Christoph, Kiefer, Sabine

“…In July 2014, an outbreak of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Bovismorbificans was detected in Switzerland. The goal of the outbreak investigation was…”
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Effect of short-wave (6-22 MHz) magnetic fields on sleep quality and melatonin cycle in humans: the Schwarzenburg shut-down study by Altpeter, Ekkehardt-Siegfried, Röösli, Martin, Battaglia, Markus, Pfluger, Dominik, Minder, Christoph E., Abelin, Theodor

“…This paper describes the results of a unique “natural experiment” of the operation and cessation of a broadcast transmitter with its short‐wave electromagnetic…”
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The Denominator problem: estimating the size of local populations of men-who-have-sex-with-men and rates of HIV and other STIs in Switzerland by Schmidt, Axel Jeremias, Altpeter, Ekkehardt

“…There is no estimate of the current number of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Switzerland, or of their geographical distribution. We aimed to (1) estimate…”
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Switzerland: does the prolongation of vaccine booster intervals result in an increased risk of breakthroughs? by Schmidt, Axel J, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Graf, Simone, Steffen, Robert

“…Abstract Background In 2006, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) decided recommending a prolongation of vaccine booster intervals after the third…”
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Triglyceride as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease in British men: effect of adjusting for measurement error by Egger, Matthias, Smith, George Davey, Pfluger, Dominik, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Elwood, Peter C.

“…Objective: To assess the influence of differential precision in the measurement of the correlated variables total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein…”
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Standard Genotyping Overestimates Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Immigrants in a Low-Incidence Country by Stucki, David, Ballif, Marie, Egger, Matthias, Furrer, Hansjakob, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Battegay, Manuel, Droz, Sara, Bruderer, Thomas, Coscolla, Mireia, Borrell, Sonia, Zürcher, Kathrin, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Calmy, Alexandra, Mazza Stalder, Jesica, Jaton, Katia, Rieder, Hans L, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Siegrist, Hans H, Hoffmann, Matthias, Fehr, Jan, Dolina, Marisa, Frei, Reno, Schrenzel, Jacques, Böttger, Erik C, Gagneux, Sebastien, Fenner, Lukas

“…Immigrants from regions with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) are a risk group for TB in low-incidence countries such as Switzerland. In a previous…”
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A combined cross-sectional analysis and case-control study evaluating tick-borne encephalitis vaccination coverage, disease and vaccine effectiveness in children and adolescents, Switzerland, 2005 to 2022 by Zens, Kyra D, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Wymann, Monica N, Mack, Annora, Baer, Nora B, Haile, Sarah R, Steffen, Robert, Fehr, Jan S, Lang, Phung

“…BackgroundTick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a severe, vaccine-preventable viral infection of the central nervous system. Symptoms are generally milder in…”
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Tularemia on the rise in Switzerland? A one health approach is needed by Buettcher, Michael, Egli, Adrian, Albini, Sarah, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Labutin, Anton, Guidi, Valeria, Tonolla, Mauro, Lienhard, Reto, Opota, Onya, Schmid, Patrizia, Wuethrich, Tsering, Schmidt, Kristina M.

“…In the last 10 years, an increase in tularemia cases has been observed in both humans and animals in Switzerland. In these, infection with Francisella…”
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Epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in Switzerland between 1996 and 2011 by Oesch Nemeth, Gabriela, Nemeth, Johannes, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Ritz, Nicole

“…Approximately 9 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) are reported annually and half a million occur in children <15 years of age. Globally, TB notifications in…”
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