Archive Travel & Health
Our goal is to identify risk and protective factors for health during travel (discovery science), to test if travel advice and interventions improve health (evaluation science), and to assess ways to implement these findings into travel clinics and daily life (implementation science).
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Colonization with multidrug resistant enteropathogens in travellers to Southeast Asia Christoph Hatz |
This project studies the risk and protective factors for becoming colonized with multidrug resistant enteric pathogens while travelling to Southeast Asia. |
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Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin and/or Colistin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Swiss Travellers to Tanzania and Laos, in the Local Population, in Broiler Chicken and in Chicken Meat Esther Künzli |
We are studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract in travellers returning from Laos or Zanzibar to compare them with bacteria found in the local population, local chicken and chicken meat in the respective regions. |
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Harmonisation of travel med advice ECTM/Tropnet Christoph Hatz |
We are standardizing the varied European recommendations for best practices in travel advice. |
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INTHIATR: Integrating Transport and Health in Active Travel Research (former IDSI BICY) Thomas Götschi
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This projects combines modeling of bicycle traffic flows with calculations of health benefits and risks resulting from bicycling. |
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Immunogenicity and safety of live vaccines under immunosuppression Sabine Schmid / Silja Bühler |
The study aims to demonstrate that viremia and antibody production after yellow fever vaccination is comparable in travellers under low dose methotrexate and healthy travellers. |
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Immunogenicity and safety of vaccines in patients with rheumatological disease Silja Bühler |
A multi-centre prospective cohort study on the immunogenicity and safety of tetanus booster vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis and vasculitis and healthy controls. |
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ITIT Illness Tracking in Travellers
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ITIT is a systematic review of the infectious disease profile of migrant groups in Europe. |
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MalChemoPro – evaluation of malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations
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MalChemoPro evaluates the European Expert recommendations for malaria prevention. |
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PASTA: physical activity through sustainable transportation approaches Thomas Götschi
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PASTA is a broadband, interdisciplinary, pan-European project on active travel and its determinants, its relation with physical activity and safety, and its health impacts. |
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Stop Measles in Switzerland – The Importance of Travel Medicine Silja Bühler |
We investigate the role of travel medicine in updating measles vaccinations in the Swiss population. |
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System Interactions Anti Malarials
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We conduct a systematic review of the interactions between anti-malarials and drugs used for chronic illness. |
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T-MAP: Trail Monitoring and Assessment Platform Thomas Götschi
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T-MAP develops a user friendly platform to support planning of recreational trails, including health impact assessments. |
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TOURIST – Tracking Of Urgent Risks in Swiss Travelers Silja Bühler |
This study uses new mobile Health (mHealth) technology to expand our understanding of risks to travellers and ultimately improve advice offered in Swiss travel clinics and world-wide. |
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Varicella seroprevalence in individuals with a negative or unknown varicella history – results from a large Travel Clinic in Switzerland between 2008 and 2015 Silja Bühler |
This study investigates varicella seroprevalence in Swiss travellers with a negative or unknown varicella history. |