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1. Physical activity and health-related quality of life among schoolchildren from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Publications)

   Physical activity and health-related quality of life among schoolchildren from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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   PURPOSE: The relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical activity (PA), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) among disadvantaged communities in low- and middle-income countrie

2. The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014 (Publications)

   The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014

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   BACKGROUND: In Uganda, malaria vector control interventions and case management with Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs) have been scaled up over the last few years as a result of increased fundi

3. Beyond immune escape: a variant surface glycoprotein causes suramin resistance in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)

   Beyond immune escape: a variant surface glycoprotein causes suramin resistance in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>

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   Suramin is one of the first drugs developed in a medicinal chemistry program (Bayer, 1916), and it is still the treatment of choice for the hemolymphatic stage of African sleeping sickness caused by T

4. Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: a systematic review (Publications)

   Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: a systematic review

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   BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is a vector-borne zoonotic disease that can be life-threatening. There are no licensed vaccines, or vector control efforts in place. Despite increasing awareness in endemic re

5. Development and application of -omics and bioinformatics approaches for a deeper understanding of infectious diseases systems (Publications)

   Development and application of -omics and bioinformatics approaches for a deeper understanding of infectious diseases systems

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6. First detection of N1575Y mutation in pyrethroid resistant <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> in Southern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)

   First detection of N1575Y mutation in pyrethroid resistant <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> in Southern Côte d'Ivoire

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   Background. The intensification of insecticide use for both public health and agriculture in Africa has contributed to growing insecticide resistance. Today, resistance to World Health Organization (W

7. Informing new or improved vector control tools for reducing the malaria burden in Tanzania: a qualitative exploration of perceptions of mosquitoes and... (Publications)

   Informing new or improved vector control tools for reducing the malaria burden in Tanzania: a qualitative exploration of perceptions of mosquitoes and methods for their control among the residents of Dar es Salaam

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   BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of malaria prevention with long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying is limited by emerging insecticide resistance, evasive mosquito behaviours that inc

8. Modelling daily PM2.5 concentrations at high spatio-temporal resolution across Switzerland (Publications)

   Modelling daily PM2.5 concentrations at high spatio-temporal resolution across Switzerland

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9. Software application profile: opal and mica: open-source software solutions for epidemiological data management, harmonization and dissemination (Publications)

   Software application profile: opal and mica: open-source software solutions for epidemiological data management, harmonization and dissemination

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   Motivation: Improving the dissemination of information on existing epidemiological studies and facilitating the interoperability of study databases are essential to maximizing the use of resources and

10. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195... (Publications)

    Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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    BACKGROUND: Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify specific needs for reso