Comparative cost models of a liquid nitrogen vapor phase (LNVP) cold chain-distributed cryopreserved malaria vaccine vs. a conventional vaccine (Publications)
Typically, vaccines distributed through the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) use a 2-8°C cold chain with 4-5 stops. The PfSPZ vaccine comprises whole live-attenuated cryopreserved sporozoites st
Prospective study of a serogroup X <em>Neisseria meningitidis </em>outbreak in northern Ghana (Publications)
After an epidemic of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis in northern Ghana, a gradual disappearance of the epidemic strain was observed in a series of five 6-month carriage surveys of 37 randomly sel
Randomized double-blind controlled Phase I/IIa trial to assess the efficacy of malaria vaccine PfCS102 to protect against challenge with <em>P.... (Publications)
The aim of this Phase I/IIa double-blind controlled trial was to test the efficacy of the sporozoite-based malaria vaccine PfCS 282-383 (PfCS102) to protect against Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia.
Increased incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome after surgery (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Antecedent surgery has been described to trigger Guillain/x96Barre syndrome (GBS), but its evidence is poor and based on case reports only. METHODS: We performed a retrospectiv
The GABRIEL Advanced Surveys: study design, participation and evaluation of bias (Publications)
Genuneit J, Buchele G, Waser M, Kovacs K, Debinska A, Boznanski A, Strunz-Lehner C, Horak E, Cullinan P, Heederik D, Braun-Fahrlander C, von Mutius E, the GABRIELA Study Group. The GABRIEL Advanced Su
Parental education and children's respiratory and allergic symptoms in the Pollution and the Young (PATY) study (Publications)
Inequalities in health between socio-economic groups are a major public health concern. The current authors studied associations between parental socio-economic status (SES) and children's respiratory
Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidence for a causal relationship between traffic-related air pollution and asthma has not been consistent across studies, and comparisons among studies have been difficult because of the
Combining 4-aminoquinoline- and clotrimazole-based pharmacophores toward innovative and potent hybrid antimalarials (Publications)
Antimalarial agents structurally based on novel pharmacophores, synthesized by low-cost synthetic procedures and characterized by low potential for developing resistance are urgently needed. Recently,
