Estimating the reproduction number from the initial phase of the Spanish flu pandemic waves in Geneva, Switzerland by Gerardo Chowell, Catherine E. Ammon, Nicolas W. Hengartner, James M. Hyman

Subjects: “…spanish flu; 1918 influenza pandemic; reproduction number;boot- strapping; nonlinear curve fitting; uncertaintyquantification; geneva; switzerland.…”
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Discordant Clostridioides difficile diagnostic assay and treatment practice: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland by Antoine Poncet, Laurent Kaiser, Lauriane Lenggenhager, Marie-Céline Zanella, Jacques Schrenzel

“…Objectives To determine the proportion of patients who received a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among those presenting a discordant C. difficile diagnostic assay and to identify patient characteristics associated with the decision to treat CDI.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Monocentric study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.Participants Among 4562 adult patients tested for C. difficile between March 2017 and March 2019, 208 patients with discordant tests’ results (positive nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT+)/negative enzyme immunoassay (EIA−)) were included.Main outcome measures Treatment for CDI.Results CDI treatment was administered in 147 (71%) cases. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with severe fatigue 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland by Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, C Martinez, A Flahault, S Hurst, N Vuilleumier, L Kaiser, K M Posfay-Barbe, O Zimmermann, S Stringhini, A Uppal, P Schaller, J Berthelot, D Pittet, H Baysson, Hélène Baysson, S Yerly, E Lorthe, Mayssam Nehme, Nick Pullen, María-Eugenia Zaballa, A Bal, Clément Romain Hugo Graindorge, Stephanie Schrempft, I Arm-Vernez, A S Azman, D Bachmann, J-F Balavoine, R P Barbe, A R Bouhet, G Bryand-Rumley, F Chappuis, P Collombet, S Coudurier-Boeuf, D S Courvoisier, C de Mestral, P D’ippolito, R Dubos, R Dumont, N El Merjani, N Francioli, C Graindorge, I Guessous, S Harnal, G Kathari, O Kherad, J Lamour, P Lescuyer, A G L’Huillier, A J Loizeau, S Mechoullam, L Metral-Boffod, M Nehme, N Noël, F Pennacchio, J Perez-Saez, G Poulain, C Pugin, N Pullen, V Richard, D Rochat, S Rouzinov, K Samir, H S Ramirez, E Satin, S Schrempft, C Semaani, S Testini, D Urrutia-Rivas, C Verolet, P Vetter, J Villers, G Violot, A Wisniak, M-E Zaballa

“…Objectives This study aims (1) to assess the prevalence of severe fatigue among the general population of Geneva, 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) to identify pandemic and non-pandemic factors associated with severe fatigue.Design Cross-sectional population-based survey conducted in Spring 2022.Setting General adult population of Geneva, Switzerland.Participants 6870 adult participants, randomly selected from the general population, included in the Specchio-COVID-19 cohort study, were invited to answer an online health survey.Outcome and cofactor measure Prevalence of severe fatigue was measured by the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire with a cut-off score≥4 out of 11. …”
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Vaccination strategies for Ebola in the democratic republic of Congo: the who-Ebola modeling collaboration by Marco Ajelli, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Alhassane Touré, Abdourahamane Diallo, Maria Litvinova, Stefano Merler, Sabué Mulangu, Aminata Bagayoko, Aissatou Bah, Ibrahima Bah, Aissatou Barry, Fatoumata Barry, Mohamed Chérif, Doussou Condé, Alpha A. Diallo, Fatoumata Diallo, Mory Diakité, Kassié Doré, Koundouno A. Mapan, Thérèse Koundouno, Patrice K. Onivogui, Fassou Lamah, Henry Maneno, Alphonse Nomou, Kourouma Sekouba, Ismaila Sani, Abdoulaye Soumah, Mamadou M. Sy, Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Mike J. Ryan, Peter Salama, Alessandro Vespignani, Ira M. Longini, Jr.

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Embracing novel thinking to safeguard against airborne pathogens in indoor spaces by H. van der Westhuizen, J.-A. Nice, C. Tudor, Y. Liu, S. Ahmedov, A.R. Kansal, P.A. Jensen, R.L. Vincent, G. Mustapha, V. Vauhkonen, I.M. Ochoa Delgado, M. van der Walt, G. Volchenkov

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EEG Alpha Band Synchrony Predicts Cognitive and Motor Performance in Patients with Ischemic Stroke by Sviatlana Dubovik, Radek Ptak, Tatiana Aboulafia, Cécile Magnin, Nicole Gillabert, Lara Allet, Jean-Michel Pignat, Armin Schnider, Adrian G. Guggisberg

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Multidrug efflux pumps of Pseudomonas aeruginosa show selectivity for their natural substrates by Léna Mazza, Léna Mazza, Alexandre Bory, Alexandre Bory, Alexandre Luscher, Alexandre Luscher, Joachim Kloehn, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Christian van Delden, Christian van Delden, Thilo Köhler, Thilo Köhler

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Management of Acute Wilsonian Hepatitis with Severe Hemolysis: A Successful Combination of Chelation and MARS Dialysis by Jeremy Hassoun, Nathalie Hammer, Giulia Magini, Belen Ponte, Marie Ongaro, Anne-Laure Rougemont, Nicolas Goossens, Jean-Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr

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One brain, one mind, one health, one planet—a call from Switzerland for a systemic approach in brain health research, policy and practice by Indrit Bègue, Antoine Flahault, Isabelle Bolon, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Claudio L.A. Bassetti

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Bacteriological diagnosis of osteoarticular infections caused by Kingella kingae; a narrative review by Giacomo De Marco, Oscar Vazquez, Elio Paris, Blaise Cochard, Christina Steiger, Romain Dayer, Dimitri Ceroni

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Ultrahigh-field imaging (7 Tesla) in DNET: Unmasking microstructural imaging characteristics – A case report by Marta Calvo-Imirizaldu, Daniele Botta, Margitta Seeck, Jan Novy, Jose Federico Ojeda Esparza, Aikaterini Fitsiori, Corrado Santarosa, Kevin Battistini, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Felix T. Kurz

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Comprehensive care for people affected by TB: addressing TB-associated disabilities by M. Calvi, D. Boccia, E. Jaramillo, F. Mavhunga, J. Reeder, T. Kasaeva

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Pre- and post-pandemic comparisons in cardiovascular markers: a population-based study by Mayssam Nehme, Maria Eugenia Zaballa, Serguei Rouzinov, Julien Lamour, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Idris Guessous

“…This study part of the Bus Santé in Geneva, Switzerland, compared cardiovascular and metabolic profiles pre- (2016–2019) and post-pandemic (2023–2024) among individuals aged 30–75.MethodsParticipants completed questionnaires and underwent a clinical visit, including a physical examination and fasting blood test to assess lipid and glycemic profiles. …”
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Ethical dilemmas in the care of patients suffering from psychotic catatonia: a case report by Luigi F. Saccaro, Luigi F. Saccaro, Barbara Privé, Ambra D’Imperio, Ambra D’Imperio, Claire Bridel, Othman Sentissi, Othman Sentissi, Alexandre Wullschleger

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Modeling of Blood Flow Dynamics in Rat Somatosensory Cortex by Stéphanie Battini, Nicola Cantarutti, Christos Kotsalos, Yann Roussel, Alessandro Cattabiani, Alexis Arnaudon, Cyrille Favreau, Stefano Antonel, Henry Markram, Daniel Keller

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Arthroscopic Double-Bone Block Cerclage for Bipolar Glenoid Bone Loss by Gregory Cunningham, M.D., Andres Borgonovo, M.D., Mehmet Öztürk, M.D., Mehdi Hamani, Rodrigo Brandariz, M.D., Shana Mombelli, M.D.

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Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Lilian Da Silva Santos, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitoria, Nguyen-Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with epiphyseal involvement of the proximal femur in a child: a case report and review of the literature by Elio Paris, Giacomo De Marco, Oscar Vazquez, Sana Boudabbous, Christina Steiger, Romain Dayer, Dimitri Ceroni

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Digital healthcare services in community pharmacies in Switzerland: Pharmacist and patient acceptability, and pharmacist readiness–the Pneumoscope™ pilot study by Claudine Backes, Coralie Godot, Cédric Yan Gujer, Noémie Obegi, Alexandre Perez, Alain Gervaix, Marie P. Schneider

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Pilomatrixoma of the parotid region: A benign tumor mimicking metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by Nikita Grieder, MD, Marcella Pucci, MD, Claudio De Vito, MD, PhD, Yan Monnier, MD, PhD, Nicolas Dulguerov, MD, Maxime Mermod, MD, PhD

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