Artificial light at night influences clock-gene expression, activity, and fecundity in the mosquito <em>Culex pipiens </em>f.<em> Molestus</em> (Publications)
Light is an important environmental cue, and exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) may disrupt organismal physiology and behavior. We investigated whether ALAN led to changes in clock-gene expr
Increase of dose associated with decrease in protection against controlled human malaria infection by PfSPZ vaccine in Tanzanian adults (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A vaccine would be an ideal tool for reducing malaria's impact. PfSPZ Vaccine (radiation attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum [Pf] sporozoites [SPZ]) has been
Non-communicable diseases on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, the underappreciated threat of a dual disease burden (Publications)
In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remains under appreciated, but emerging evidence suggests it to be substantial. NCDs such as arterial hypertension, heart diseases
Suicide and ambient temperature: a multi-country multi-city study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous literature suggests that higher ambient temperature may play a role in increasing the risk of suicide. However, no multi-country study has explored the shape of the association an
A real-world quality assessment study in six ExpoM-RF measurement devices (Publications)
Exposimeters measuring radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) are commonly used to assess personal exposure to RF-EMF in real-life environments. They are usually calibrated in an anechoic cham
Regulating pharmacists as contraception providers: a qualitative study from Coastal Kenya on injectable contraception provision to youth (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Young people worldwide are often reticent to access family planning services from public health facilities: instead, they choose to get contraception from private, retail pharmacies. In
Dispersal of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>driven by historical European trade in the South Pacific (Publications)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a globally distributed bacterial pathogen whose population structure has largely been shaped by the activities of its obligate human host. Oceania was the last majo
Structure, biosynthesis, and bioactivity of photoditritide from <em>Photorhabdus temperata</em> Meg1 (Publications)
A new cyclic peptide photoditritide (1), containing two rare amino acid d-homoarginine residues, was isolated from Photorhabdus temperata Meg1 after the nonribosomal peptide synthetase encoding gene p
Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care services in Kenya: evidence from the fourth Kenya household health expenditure and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to promote equitable, affordable and quality
One hundred years of Suramin (Publications)
Suramin is a hundred years old and still being used to treat the first stage of acute human sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Suramin is a multifunctional molecule with a wid