Polyclonal gut colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a normal status for hotel employees on... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: For low-income countries, data regarding the intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant (ESC-R) and colistin-resistant (CST-R) Enterobacteriaceae in the communi
Modelling reactive case detection strategies for interrupting transmission of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As areas move closer to malaria elimination, a combination of limited resources and increasing heterogeneity in case distribution and transmission favour a shift to targeted reactive inter
<em>N</em>-substituted noscapine derivatives as new antiprotozoal agents: synthesis, antiparasitic activity and molecular docking study (Publications)
Novel N-substituted noscapine derivatives were synthesized by a three-component Strecker reaction of cyclic ether of N-nornoscapine with varied aldehydes, in the presence of cyanide ion. Moreover, the
Therapeutic efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children measured by five diagnostic methods (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy (PC) with benzimidazole drugs is the backbone of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programs. Over the past decade, drug coverage has increased and with it, th
Insight into potassium's role in childhood mortality due to severe acute malnutrition (Publications)
Hypokalaemia is associated with an increase in mortality in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and diarrhoea. This is a descriptive cross-sectional retrospective study conducted in the Nutr
Electric field and air ion exposures near high voltage overhead power lines and adult cancers: a case control study across England and Wales (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Various mechanisms have been postulated to explain how electric fields emitted by high voltage overhead power lines, and the charged ions they produce, might be associated with possible ad
Who should decide for local health services? A mixed methods study of preferences for decision-making in the decentralized Philippine health system (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Philippines decentralized government health services through devolution to local governments in 1992. Over the years, opinions varied on the impact of devolved governance to decision-m
<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>associated with severe tuberculosis evades cytosolic surveillance systems and modulates IL-1beta production (Publications)
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects immune responses and clinical outcomes of tuberculosis (TB). However, how bacterial diversity orchestrates immune responses to direct distinct T
