Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (Publications)
Herein, we describe a biomimetic entry to (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (2) as well as to the artemisinin derivatives (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-desmethylartemisinin (16) and (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-epi-art
Depression and anxiety symptoms in cardiac patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Palestinian population (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems have an adverse effect on the course of cardiac disease. The integration of their diagnosis and treatment into cardiology care is generally poor. It is particularly
Girl child marriage, socioeconomic status, and undernutrition: evidence from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Girl child marriage, a formal union of a female before age 18, and undernutrition remain common in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study is to establish the extent to which girl child
Déterminants sociaux de la santé en Suisse - comment le genre s'est perdu en chemin (Publications)
Since four decades epidemiological research has emphasised the necessity to consider social determinants and the social distribution of illnesses in the Swiss population, particularly by gender. Gende
Modeling the impact of sterile males on an <em>Aedes aegypti</em> population with optimal control (Publications)
We use partial differential equations to describe the dynamics of an Aedes aegypti mosquito population on an island, and the effects of a sterile male release. The model includes mosquito movement and
Clinical characteristics and outcome of children hospitalized with scrub typhus in an area of endemicity (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a major cause of acute febrile illness in children in the rural tropics. METHODS: We recruited 60 febrile pediatric patients with a posit
Is <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> emerging in Cambodia? (Publications)
Opisthorchis viverrini infection is widely prevalent in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia information on this helminth infection is scare. Recent reports suggest that O. viverrini is an emerging public heal
Exposure to moderate air pollution and associations with lung function at school-age: a birth cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Adverse effects of higher air pollution levels before and after birth on subsequent lung function are often reported in the literature. We assessed whether low-to-moderate levels of air po
Epidemiological links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension: findings from a population-based survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although potential links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension have been hypothesized, there is paucity of epidemiologic evidence on this link. We investigated in a population-base
Measuring mobility, disease connectivity and individual risk: a review of using mobile phone data and mHealth for travel medicine (Publications)
RATIONALE FOR REVIEW: The increasing mobility of populations allows pathogens to move rapidly and far, making endemic or epidemic regions more connected to the rest of the world than at any time in hi
