Emergence of a new epidemic <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup A clone in the African meningitis belt: high-resolution picture of genomic... (Publications)
In the African "meningitis belt," outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis occur in cycles, representing a model for the role of host-pathogen interactions in epidemic processes. The periodicity of the e
Global epidemiology of yaws: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To achieve yaws eradication, the use of the new WHO strategy of initial mass treatment with azithromycin and surveillance twice a year needs to be extended everywhere the disease occurs. H
Assessing health risk due to exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Hanam province, Vietnam (Publications)
We assessed health risks related to Arsenic (As) in contaminated drinking water in Hanam, applying the Australian Environmental Health Risk Assessment Framework, which promotes stakeholder involvement
Natural and semisynthetic analogues of manadoperoxide B reveal new structural requirements for trypanocidal activity (Publications)
Chemical analysis of the Indonesian sponge Plakortis cfr. lita afforded two new analogues of the potent trypanocidal agent manadoperoxide B (1), namely 12-isomanadoperoxide B (2) and manadoperoxidic a
Global phylogenomic analysis of nonencapsulated <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> reveals a deep-branching classic lineage that is distinct from... (Publications)
The surrounding capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been identified as a major virulence factor and is targeted by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV). However, nonencapsulated Streptococcus pne
Zoonotic <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> - induced tuberculosis in humans (Publications)
We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of
Essential evidence for guiding health system priorities and policies: anticipating epidemiological transition in Africa (Publications)
Background: Despite indications that infection-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa may be decreasing and the burden of non-communicable diseases increasing, the overwhelming reality is that health
Estimating population and livestock density of mobile pastoralists and sedentary settlements in the south-eastern Lake Chad area (Publications)
Mobile pastoralists provide major contributions to the gross domestic product in Chad, but little information is available regarding their demography. The Lake Chad area population is increasing, resu
A mechanistic paradigm for broad-spectrum antivirals that target virus-cell fusion (Publications)
LJ001 is a lipophilic thiazolidine derivative that inhibits the entry of numerous enveloped viruses at non-cytotoxic concentrations (IC50?0.5 µM), and was posited to exploit the physiological differen
Near-roadway pollution and childhood asthma: implications for developing "win-win" compact urban development and clean vehicle strategies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhou
