A national measles epidemic in Switzerland in 1997 : consequences for the elimination of measles by the year 2007.

Clinical cases of measles have been reported to the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network (Sentinella) since June 1986 and measles infections have been monitored by the national laboratory notification system since January 1988. These two surveillance syste

[Epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Switzerland: national study of seroprevalence monitored in pregnant women 1990-1991].

A national study was performed to assess the seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG in pregnant women at the time of delivery. The study was organized between 1990 and 1991 in 23 out of 26 Swiss cantons. 9059 women, corresponding to 11.

Risk factors for Campylobacter enteritis in Switzerland.

From February to December 1991, 167 sporadic cases of Campylobacter enteritis in Switzerland and 282 controls were enrolled in a case-control study using self-administered questionnaires. In the multivariate matched analysis, travel abroad was identified as the most important risk factor for an infection with Campylobacter (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 21.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]7.

The development of a German language (Berne) pain questionnaire and its application in a situation causing acute pain.

The adjectives used in the McGill Pain Questionnaire were translated into German. Nine of the 76 adjectives could not be translated satisfactorily. Accordingly, 10 new German adjectives were added by 22 physicians and psychologists, who were also asked to judge the grouping of the words and how adequately they express pain.