Exploring prospects of novel drugs for tuberculosis (Publications)
Tuberculosis remains a disease with an enormous impact on public health worldwide. With the continuously increasing epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis, new drugs are desperately needed. However,
Antitrypanosomal sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Saussurea costus</em> (Publications)
In the course of a larger screen of 1800 plant and fungal extracts, the ethyl acetate extract of Saussurea costus roots potently inhibited the growth of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Subsequent HPLC
Spousal violence in Bangladesh: a call for a public-health response (Publications)
Spousal violence against women is a serious public-health issue. Although there is a growing body of literature on this subject, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the prevalence of t
Longitudinal assessment of <em>Plasmodium falciparum v</em>ar gene transcription in naturally infected asymptomatic children in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Sequestration and antigenic variation are essential for Plasmodium falciparum survival in vivo contributing to severe pathologic findings and, also, chronic infection. Both are conferred by P. falcipa
Dicationic near-linear biphenyl benzimidazole derivatives as DNA-targeted antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
A series of near-linear biphenyl benzimidazole diamidines 5a-h were synthesized from their respective diamidoximes (4a-h), through the bis-O-acetoxyamidoxime, followed by hydrogenation in glacial acet
Association of daily physical activity volume and intensity with COPD severity (Publications)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess whether daily walking activity is indicative of disease severity in patients with COPD. METHODS: Daily activity was measured by accelerometry in 107 CO
Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study (Publications)
Objectives: The primary objective of this population-based study is to describe the patterns of care of elderly patients with breast cancer (BC), and evaluate potential causative factors for the decre