Malaria vaccines: a toy for travelers or a tool for eradication? (Publications)
The demonstration of efficacy of two candidate malaria vaccines in children living in malaria-endemic areas, namely RTS,S from the circumsporozoite protein that reduced infection and clinical malaria
Clonal groupings in serogroup <em>X Neisseria meningitidis</em> (Publications)
The genetic diversity of 134 serogroup X Neisseria meningitis isolates from Africa, Europe, and North America was analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Although
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
A comparative analysis of generics markets in five European countries (Publications)
A generic medicine is a faithful copy of a mature drug--no longer under patent marketed with the chemical name of the active ingredient. This article analyses generics markets in five European countri
Tracking of flying insects using pan-tilt cameras (Publications)
Potent and affordable video and computer systems for automatic data acquisition are becoming increasingly important in behavioural neuroscience. It has remained challenging, however, to acquire data f
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
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
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.
