More than clean air and tranquillity: residential green is independently associated with decreasing mortality (Publications)
Green space may improve health by enabling physical activity and recovery from stress or by decreased pollution levels. We investigated the association between residential green (greenness or green sp
Alkaloid constituents of the amaryllidaceae plant amaryllis belladonna L (Publications)
The plant family Amaryllidaceae is well-known for its unique alkaloid constituents, which exhibit a wide range of biological activities. Its representative, Amaryllis belladonna, has a geographical di
Cytochrome P450/ABC transporter inhibition simultaneously enhances ivermectin pharmacokinetics in the mammal host and pharmacodynamics in... (Publications)
Mass administration of endectocides, drugs that kill blood-feeding arthropods, has been proposed as a complementary strategy to reduce malaria transmission. Ivermectin is one of the leading candidates
The genetic variation of <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> in the People's Republic of China (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The People's Republic of China (P.R. China) is the presumptive home range of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a major aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningitis. We p
The complex relationship of exposure to new <em>Plasmodium</em> infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
The molecular force of blood-stage infection (molFOB) is a quantitative surrogate metric for malaria transmission at population level and for exposure at individual level. Relationships between molFOB
Assessing the population coverage of a health demographic surveillance system using satellite imagery and crowd-sourcing (Publications)
Remotely sensed data can serve as an independent source of information about the location of residential structures in areas under demographic and health surveillance. We report on results obtained co
Reprint of "Epidemiology of brucellosis, Q fever and Rift Valley fever at the human and livestock interface in northern Côte d'Ivoire" (Publications)
Northern Cote d'Ivoire is the main livestock breeding zone and has the highest livestock cross-border movements in Cote d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to provide updated epidemiological data on t
Personal support and expressions of care for pregnant women in Soweto, South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is life changing, making great demands on women to adapt physically, psychologically, and socially. Social relationships and the support that flow from these provide a critical r