The antiprotozoal potencies of newly prepared 3-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes (Publications)
3-Azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes are already reported as antiprotozoal agents. Structural variations were performed by attachment of several basic side chains, being part of drugs in use, to the ring nitrog
Hemolysis after oral artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
Episodes of delayed hemolysis 2-6 weeks after treatment of severe malaria with intravenous artesunate have been described. We performed a prospective observational study of patients with uncomplicated
Travel medicine and mHealth technology: a study using smartphones to collect health data during travel (Publications)
BACKGROUND: mHealth methodology such as smartphone applications offers new opportunities to capture the full range of health risks during travel in real time. Our study aims to widen the scope of trav
Correcting India's chronic shortage of drug inspectors to ensure the production and distribution of safe, high-quality medicines (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Good drug regulation requires an effective system for monitoring and inspection of manufacturing and sales units. In India, despite widespread agreement on this principle, ongoing shortage
Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant <em>Rhipicephalus appendiculatus</em> antigens and their effect on tick feeding success... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesiz
Characterization of novel antimalarial compound ACT-451840: preclinical assessment of activity and dose-efficacy modeling (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin resistance observed in Southeast Asia threatens the continued use of artemisinin-based combination therapy in endemic countries. Additionally, the diversity of chemical mode of
The intermediate host immune response in cystic echinococcosis (Publications)
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a chronic, complex and neglected zoonotic infection. In most cases, CE cysts and the intermediate host co-habit for a long time in the absence of symptoms and elicit very
Benefits of smoking bans on preterm and early-term births: a natural experimental design in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Birth outcomes are relevant for future children's heath. Capitalising on a natural experimental design in Switzerland, we evaluated how regional smoking bans introduced at different time p