Dog demography, animal bite management and rabies knowledge-attitude and practices in the Awash Basin, eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a viral zoonosis that has been described in limited numbers of studies in Ethiopia at large and among pastoralists in particular. This study assessed dog demography, bite wound p
Alkanediamide-linked bisbenzamidines are promising antiparasitic agents (Publications)
A series of 15 alkanediamide-linked bisbenzamidines and related analogs was synthesized and tested in vitro against two Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) subspecies: T.b. brucei and T.b. rhodesiense, Trypanos
Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and risk of childhood leukemia: a risk assessment by the ARIMMORA consortium (Publications)
Exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) was evaluated in an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" in 2001, based on in
Public health impacts of city policies to reduce climate change: findings from the URGENCHE EU-China project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Climate change is a global threat to health and wellbeing. Here we provide findings of an international research project investigating the health and wellbeing impacts of policies to reduc
Identification of new human malaria parasite <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors by pharmacophore and... (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH), a key enzyme in the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway, which the Plasmodium falciparum relies on exclusively for survival, has emerg
Bimodal X-ray and infrared imaging of an organometallic derivative of praziquantel in <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
An organometallic derivative of praziquantel was studied directly in worms, using ICP-MS for quantification and synchrotron based imaging. X-Ray fluorescence and IR absorption microspectroscopy, were
Reaching the surveillance-response stage of schistosomiasis control in the People's Republic of China: a modelling approach (Publications)
With the goal set to eliminate schistosomiasis nationwide by 2020, The People's Republic of China has initiated the surveillance-response stage to identify remaining sources of infection and potential
Synthesis of novel amide and urea derivatives of thiszol-2-ethylamines and their activity against<em> Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</em> (Publications)
2-(2-Benzamido)ethyl-4-phenylthiazole (1) was one of 1035 molecules (grouped into 115 distinct scaffolds) found to be inhibitory to Trypanosoma brucei, the pathogen causing human African trypanosomias
Prenatal exposure to NO2 and ultrasound measures of fetal growth in the Spanish INMA cohort (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with impaired fetal growth. However, few studies have measured fetal biometry longitudinally, remaining unclear as to whether th
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The role of micronutrients particularly zinc in childhood diarrhoea is well established. Immunomodulatory functions of vitamin-D in diarrhoea and its role in the effect of other
