Considerations in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of environmental health interventions (Publications)
Sustainable development and healthy environments cluster
Efficacy study of novel diamidine compounds in a <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> goat model (Publications)
Three diamidines (DB 75, DB 867 and DB 1192) were selected and their ability to cure T. evansi experimentally infected goats was investigated. A toxicity assessment and pharmacokinetic analysis of the
Genetic reconstruction of protozoan rRNA decoding sites provides a rationale for paromomycin activity against <em>Leishmania</em> and... (Publications)
Aminoglycoside antibiotics target the ribosomal decoding A-site and are active against a broad spectrum of bacteria. These compounds bind to a highly conserved stem-loop-stem structure in helix 44 of
Tick-borne diseases in Switzerland and climate change (Publications)
Tick-borne diseases are the most common vector-borne diseases in Europe. In Central Europe, the tick Ixodes ricinus is responsible for most tick bites. Next to tick borne encephalitis (TBE or in Germa
Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a leading child killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, access to prompt and effective malaria treatment, a mainstay of any malaria control strategy, is sub-optimal in many set
Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Mass vaccinations are a main strategy in the deployment of oral cholera vaccines. Campaigns avoid giving vaccine to pregnant women because of the absence of safety data of the killed who