Estimating population and livestock density of mobile pastoralists and sedentary settlements in the south-eastern Lake Chad area (Publications)
Mobile pastoralists provide major contributions to the gross domestic product in Chad, but little information is available regarding their demography. The Lake Chad area population is increasing, resu
A mechanistic paradigm for broad-spectrum antivirals that target virus-cell fusion (Publications)
LJ001 is a lipophilic thiazolidine derivative that inhibits the entry of numerous enveloped viruses at non-cytotoxic concentrations (IC50?0.5 µM), and was posited to exploit the physiological differen
HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the indivi
Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious disease mortality in tropical regions. However, deaths from malaria are most often not individually documented, and as a result overall
DengueTools: innovative tools and strategies for the surveillance and control of dengue (Publications)
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease estimated to cause about 230 million infections worldwide every year, of which 25,000 are fatal. Global incidence has risen rapidly in recent decades wit
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Buxus sempervirens</em> and activity-guided isolation of <em>O</em>-tigloylcyclovirobuxeine-B as the main constituent... (Publications)
Buxus sempervirens L. (European Box, Buxaceae) has been used in ethnomedicine to treat malaria. In the course of our screening of plant extracts for antiprotozoal activity, a CH2Cl2 extract from leave
Tuberculosis among transhumant pastoralist and settled communities of south-eastern Mauritania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Transhumant pastoralists of Mauritania were assumed to have a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) because of reduced access to diagnostic testing. No population-based survey on TB has bee
Annoyance caused by noise and air pollution during pregnancy: associated factors and correlation with outdoor NO2 and benzene estimations (Publications)
This study aimed to describe the degree of annoyance among pregnant women in a Spanish cohort and to examine associations with proximity to traffic, NO2 and benzene exposure. We included 2457 particip
A new alkamide with an endoperoxide structure from <em>Acmella ciliata</em> (Asteraceae) and its <em>in vitro</em> antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
From the aerial parts of Acmella ciliata (H.B.K.) Cassini (basionym Spilanthes ciliata Kunth; Asteraceae), three alkamides were isolated and identified by mass- and NMR spectroscopic methods as (2E,6E
Prevalence and social drivers of HIV among married and cohabitating heterosexual adults in south-eastern Tanzania: analysis of adult health community... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of HIV among married and cohabiting couples is substantial. Information about the underlying social drivers of HIV transmission in couples is critical