Community effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for infants (IPTi) in rural southern Tanzania (Publications)
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine shows evidence of efficacy in individually randomized, controlled trials. In a large-scale effectiveness
Gender and community views of stigma and tuberculosis in rural Maharashtra, India (Publications)
Stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) is often regarded as a barrier to health seeking and a cause of social suffering. Stigma studies are typically patient-centred, and less is known about the vie
Bovine tuberculosis: an old disease but a new threat to Africa (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a disease characterised by progressive development of specific granulomatous lesions or tubercles in lung tissue, lymph nodes or other organs. Mycobacterium bovis is the ca
Reducing ambient levels of fine particulates could substantially improve health: a mortality impact assessment for 26 European cities (Publications)
Recently new European policies on ambient air quality--namely, the adoption of new standards for fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)), have generated a broad debate about choosing the air quality standar
Genetic diversity of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> in Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
SETTING: Madang and surroundings, Papua New Guinea (PNG). OBJECTIVE: To characterise the genetic diversity and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected in Madang and surrou
Correlation of plasma copeptin and vasopressin concentrations in hypo-, iso-, and hyperosmolar states (Publications)
Background: Copeptin, the C-terminal moiety of provasopressin, is cosecreted with vasopressin. Copeptin may be a useful parameter to characterize disorders of water homeostasis and can be readily meas
Synthesis and antiprotozoal properties of pentamidine congeners bearing the benzofuran motif (Publications)
Forty-eight cationically substituted pentamidine congeners possessing benzofuran rings were synthesized by a copper mediated heteroannulation of substituted o-iodophenols with phenyl acetylenes. Activ