Near-roadway air pollution and coronary heart disease: burden of disease and potential impact of a greenhouse gas reduction strategy in southern... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Several studies have estimated the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality from ambient regional particulate matter
Structure-activity relationship studies of orally active antimalarial 2,4-diamino-thienopyrimidines (Publications)
Based on the initial optimization of orally active antimalarial 2,4-diamino-thienopyrimidines and with the help of metabolite identification studies, a second generation of derivatives involving chang
Sleep problems and work injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Sleep problems are a potential risk factor for work injuries but the extent of the risk is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the effect of sleep probl
Social and cultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of an oral cholera vaccine prior to a mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar (Publications)
Despite improvements in sanitation and water supply, cholera remains a serious public health burden. Vaccination is included among recommendations for cholera control. Cultural concepts of illness are
Effect of a governmentally-led physical activity program on motor skills in young children attending child care centers: a cluster randomized... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of a governmentally-led center based child care physical activity program (Youp'la Bouge) on child motor skills.Patients and methods: We conducted a single blinded clus
Access to, and use of, water by populations living in a schistosomiasis and fascioliasis co-endemic area of northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Water is an essential element of life, but it can also be a source of disease. Apart from direct consumption of unsafe water, direct contact and indirect consumption puts people at risk of many differ
Exposure to toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide illegally dumped in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: On August 2006, a cargo ship illegally dumped 500 t of toxic waste containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide in numerous sites across Abidjan. Thousands of people became ill. S
Identification of an African <em>Bacillus anthracis</em> lineage that lacks expression of the spore surface associated anthrose containing... (Publications)
The surface of Bacillus anthracis endospores exposes a pentasaccharide containing the monosaccharide anthrose which has been considered as vaccine or target for specific detection of the spores. In th