Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's
Eleganolone, a Diterpene from the French marine alga <em>Bifurcaria bifurcata</em> inhibits growth of the human pathogens <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>... (Publications)
Organic extracts of 20 species of French seaweed have been screened against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypomastigotes, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness. These extracts have previous
Novel <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex isolate from a wild chimpanzee (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by gram-positive bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MTBC include several human-associated lineages and several variants adapted to domestic an
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Achillea ptarmica</em> (Asteraceae) and its main alkamide constituents (Publications)
In the course of our ongoing screening of plants of the family Asteraceae for antiprotozoal activity, a CH2Cl2-extract from the flowering aerial parts of Achillea ptarmica L. (sneezewort yarrow) was f
Background ionizing radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: a census-based nationwide cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to medium or high doses of ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer in children. The extent to which low-dose radiation from natural sources contributes to the risk of
Neglected tropical diseases: diagnosis, clinical management, treatment and control (Publications)
Branded in 2005, "neglected tropical diseases" have gained traction in terms of advocacy, interest for research, enhanced funding and political will for their control and eventual elimination. Startin
Bromopyrrole alkaloids as lead compounds against protozoan parasites (Publications)
In the present study, 13 bromopyrrole alkaloids, including the oroidin analogs hymenidin (2), dispacamide B (3) and dispacamide D (4), stevensine (5) and spongiacidin B (6), their derivatives lacking
Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa (Publications)
Factors driving the increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, are not understood. A convenience sample of 309 drug-susceptible and 342 multidrug-resistan
An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009 (Publications)
Background: In Vietnam, reports either present general patterns of internal migration or the migration characteristics of specific subgroups. Reports are often based on small numbers and do not examin