Characterizing the biochemical response to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection and treatment with praziquantel in preschool and school aged... (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a widespread chronic neglected tropical disease prevalent mostly in children in under-resourced rural areas. Its pathological effects have been clinically characterized, yet the mol
Metal hypersensitivity in patients with orthopaedic implant complications: a retrospective clinical study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hypersensitivity to metals as a cause of implant-related complications has been a subject of controversy. Projections indicate an increase in the frequency of joint replacements of between
The candidate blood-stage malaria vaccine P27A induces a robust humoral response in a fast track to the field phase I trial in exposed and non exposed... (Publications)
Background: P27A is an unstructured 104mer synthetic peptide from P. falciparum TEX1 blood-stage protein found to be the target of human antibodies inhibiting parasite growth. The present project aime
Safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy against controlled human malaria infection of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites vaccine in... (Publications)
We are using controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) by direct venous inoculation (DVI) of cryopreserved, infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) (PfSPZ Challenge) to try to reduce t
Measuring subjective flood resilience in suburban Dakar: a before–after evaluation of the “Live with water” project (Publications)
In the last decade, sub-Saharan African countries have taken various measures to plan for and adapt to floods in order to reduce exposure and its impacts on human health, livelihoods, and infrastructu
Challenges and prospects for integrating the assessment of health impacts in the licensing process of large capital project in Brazil (Publications)
Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to institutionalize a National Environmental Policy in 1981, including the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process of economic activities w
Data integration for the assessment of population exposure to ambient air pollution for global burden of disease assessment (Publications)
Air pollution is a leading global disease risk factor. Tracking progress (e.g. for Sustainable Development Goals) requires accurate, spatially resolved, routinely updated exposure estimates. A Bayesia