Outdoor air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma across Europe (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that air pollution may contribute to childhood asthma development. We estimated the burden of incident childhood asthma that may be attributable to outdoor NO2,
Increased detection of invasive enteropathogenic bacteria in pre-incubated blood culture materials by real-time PCR in comparison with automated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Invasive enteropathogenic bacteria can cause systemic infections. Data from studies with PCR detection suggest, at least for Salmonella enterica, that blood culture may lead to underestima
Tick (<em>Amblyomma chabaudi</em>) infestation of endemic tortoises in southwest Madagascar and investigation of tick-borne pathogens (Publications)
Little is known about the role of endemic ticks as vectors for bacterial and protozoan pathogens for animals and humans in Madagascar and their interaction in anthropogenic habitats where humans, thei
Evaluation of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) for the detection of fungi directly from blood cultures and cerebrospinal fluid from patients... (Publications)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of in-house FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridisation) procedures for the direct identification of invasive fungal infections in blood c
Risk mapping of clonorchiasis in the People's Republic of China: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Clonorchiasis, one of the most important food-borne trematodiases, affects more than 12 million people in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). Spatially explicit risk estimates of
Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Beyond Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific therapy, sound general wound management is required for successful management of Buruli ulcer (BU) patients which places them among the large and div
Arylmethylamino steroids as antiparasitic agents (Publications)
In search of antiparasitic agents, we here identify arylmethylamino steroids as potent compounds and characterize more than 60 derivatives. The lead compound 1o is fast acting and highly active agains
Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The emergence and evolution of community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains in Africa is poorly understood. However, one particular MRSA lineage called
