Use of a semi-field system to evaluate the efficacy of topical repellents under user conditions provides a disease exposure free technique comparable... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Before topical repellents can be employed as interventions against arthropod bites, their efficacy must be established. Currently, laboratory or field tests, using human volunteers, are th
Influence of nutrition on infection and re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The relationship between nutrition and soil-transmitted helminthiasis is complex and warrants further investigation. We conducted a systematic review examining the influence of nutrition o
Copeptin levels remain unchanged during the menstrual cycle (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Copeptin, a surrogate marker for arginin vasopressin production, is evaluated as an osmo-dependent stress and inflammatory biomarker in different diseases. We investigated copeptin during
A var gene upstream element controls protein synthesis at the level of translation initiation in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Clonally variant protein expression in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum generates phenotypic variability and allows isogenic populations to adapt to environmental changes encountered during
Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> in children (Publications)
A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mape Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may be less exposed to Mycobacterium ulcerans.
The challenge to avoid anti-malarial medicine stock-outs in an area of funding partners: the case of Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Between 2007 and 2013, the Tanzanian public sector received 93.1 million doses of first-line anti-malarial artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in the form of artemether-lumefantrin