Acute schistosomiasis: a risk underestimated by travelers and a diagnosis frequently missed by general practioners - a cluster analysis of 42... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2011, a patient was admitted to our hospital with acute schistosomiasis after having returned from Madagascar and having bathed at the Lily waterfalls. On the basis of this patient's in
Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether regional differences in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) existed along language boundaries within Switzerland and whether potential differences would
Maximizing microscopy as a diagnostic tool in peripheral health centres of BU endemic areas in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a skin condition caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans) is endemic in remote rural areas. Disease diagnosis on clinical basis alone can be misleading, re
Dipeptidyl enoates as potent rhodesain inhibitors that display a dual mode of action [Communication] (Publications)
Dipeptidyl enoates were prepared through a high-yielding two-step synthetic route. They have a dipeptidic structure with a 4-oxoenoate moiety as a warhead with multiple reactive sites. Dipeptidyl enoa
A long-duration dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor (DSM265) for prevention and treatment of malaria (Publications)
Malaria is one of the most significant causes of childhood mortality, but disease control efforts are threatened by resistance of the Plasmodium parasite to current therapies. Continued progress in co
Intravenous artesunate reduces parasite clearance time, duration of intensive care and hospital treatment in patients with severe malaria in Europe:... (Publications)
Intravenous artesunate improves survival in severe malaria, but clinical trial data from non-endemic countries are scarce. The TropNet severe malaria database was analyzed to compare outcomes of artes
DNA replication fidelity in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> is mediated by an ancestral prokaryotic proofreader (Publications)
The DNA replication machinery is an important target for antibiotic development in increasingly drug-resistant bacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although blocking DNA replication leads t
Macyranones: structure, biosynthesis, and binding mode of an unprecedented epoxyketone that targets the 20S proteasome (Publications)
In our screening efforts to identify unique scaffolds from myxobacteria for the drug discovery process, we used LC-SPE-NMR-MS techniques to isolate six linear peptides, termed macyranone A-F, from Cys
