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Mechanisms of the Antibacterial Effects of TiO2-FeOx under Solar or Visible Light: Schottky Barriers versus Surface Plasmon Resonance

Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi

This study reports the significant mechanistic difference between binary-oxide antibacterial films with the same composition but different microstructures. Binary TiO2-FeOx films were found to present a faster bacterial inactivation kinetics under visible ...

MDPI2018

Cross-resistance of UV- or chlorine dioxide-resistant echovirus 11 to other disinfectants

Tamar Kohn, Anna Carratala Ripolles, Virginie Bachmann, Qingxia Zhong, Rachele Ossola

The emergence of waterborne viruses with resistance to disinfection has been demonstrated in the laboratory and in the environment. Yet, the implications of such resistance for virus control remain obscure. In this study we investigate if viruses with resi ...

Frontiers Media SA2017

Back to the Source: an Online Approach for Sensor Placement and Source Localization

Patrick Thiran, Laura Elisa Celis, Brunella Marta Spinelli

Source localization, the act of finding the originator of a disease or rumor in a network, has become an important problem in sociology and epidemiology. The localization is done using the infection state and time of infection of a few designated sensor no ...

2017

Genotypic, phenotypic and mechanistic insights into viruses with resistance to common water disinfectants

Qingxia Zhong

Infectious diseases caused by waterborne viruses contribute to the global disease burden. An effective barrier to prevent the discharge of waterborne viruses is a disinfection step, yet disinfection is not always efficient at inactivating viruses. This the ...

EPFL2017

New antimicrobial surfaces and intravascular catheters for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Myriam Koumba Sarah Ballo

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important health issue around the world. The consequences of HAIs incidence include prolonged hospital stays, increased resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials, higher costs for health systems and for t ...

EPFL2017

The 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: Hands On

Derek Pierre Christie

This article describes discussions held at the ICPIC 2015 conference in Geneva, where a one-day session focused on the 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. Topics include the timeline of the international response, linkages between ...

2016

On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic

Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Lorenzo Mari, Flavio Finger, Marino Gatto

More than three years after its appearance in Haiti, cholera has already caused more than 8,500 deaths and 695,000 infections and it is feared to become endemic. However, no clear evidence of a stable environmental reservoir of pathogenic Vibrio cholerae, ...

Springer Verlag2016

Anti-microbial dendrimers against multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa enhance the angiogenic effect of biological burn-wound bandages

Dominique Pioletti, Philippe Abdel Sayed, Lee Ann Laurent-Applegate, Jean-Louis Reymond, Paris Jafari

Multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa has increased progressively and impedes further regression in mortality in burn patients. Such wound infections serve as bacterial reservoir for nosocomial infections and are associated with signi cant morbidity ...

Nature Research2016

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