Patients with severe schistosomiasis mansoni in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Severe hepatosplenic complications arise in patients with chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection after heavy exposure to disease agents in endemic areas. These complications are rarely repo
Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short term associations between nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality across multiple countries/regions worldwide, using a uniform anal
Effects of engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders on vaccination coverage in Cross River State,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vaccination coverage levels fall short of the Global Vaccine and Action Plan 90% target in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). Having identified traditional and religious leaders (T
Potent antimalarials with development potential identified by structure-guided computational optimization of a pyrrole-based dihydroorotate... (Publications)
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) has been clinically validated as a target for the development of new antimalarials. Experience with clinical candidate triazolopyrimidine DSM265 (1) suggested that
Repositioning and characterization of 1-(pyridin-4-yl)pyrrolidin-2-one derivatives as <em>Plasmodium </em>cytoplasmic prolyl-trna synthetase... (Publications)
Prolyl-tRNA synthetase (PRS) is a clinically validated antimalarial target. Screening of a set of PRS ATP-site binders, initially designed for human indications, led to identification of 1-(pyridin-4-
Health in food systems policies in India: a document review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Food systems affect nutritional and other health outcomes. Recent literature from India has described policy aspects addressing nutritional implications of specific foods (eg, fruits, vege
Reproductive number of the COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland with a focus on the Cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft (Publications)
The reproductive number in Switzerland was between 1.5 and 2 during the first third of March, and has consistently decreased to around 1. After the announcement of the latest strict measure on 20 Marc