Effects of self-esteem and stress on self-assessed health: a Swiss study from adolescence to early adulthood (Publications)
PURPOSE: A large literature shows important effects of self-esteem and stress on mental and physical health in young adulthood. Negative life events are one type of stressor associated with poor healt
Antiprotozoal isoprenoids from <em>Salvia hydrangea</em> (Publications)
Fractionation of the n-hexane extract of Salvia hydrangea afforded seven isoprenoids including six new compounds (1-6) and salvadione A (7). Their structures were established by comprehensive spectros
Mass drug administration for malaria elimination: do we understand the settings well enough? (Publications)
Mass drug administration (MDA) of antimalarials has re-emerged as a recommended tool for interrupting malaria transmission, but evidence from low endemicity settings is scarce. A trial in Zanzibar fou
Evaluation of 4-amino 2-anilinoquinazolines against <em>Plasmodium</em> and other apicomplexan parasites<em> in vitro </em>and in a<em> P.... (Publications)
A series of 4-amino 2-anilinoquinazolines optimized for activity against the most lethal malaria parasite of humans, Plasmodium falciparum, were evaluated for activity against other human Plasmodium p
Modelling to inform prophylaxis regimens to prevent human rabies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) Working Group on rabies vaccines and immunoglobulins was established in 2016 to develop practical and feasible recommendations for prevention
Drug discovery for kinetoplastid diseases: future directions (Publications)
Kinetoplastid parasites have caused human disease for millennia. Significant achievements have been made toward developing new treatments for leishmaniasis (particularly on the Indian subcontinent) an
HIV infection functionally impairs <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>-specific CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses (Publications)
HIV infection is the major risk factor predisposing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to tuberculosis disease (TB). Since long-term treated avi