Association between short-term pollen exposure and blood pressure in adults: a repeated-measures study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have related high pollen concentrations to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, yet very little research concerns pre-clinical cardiovascular health, including
Reagent-free detection of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria infections in field-collected mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine... (Publications)
Field-derived metrics are critical for effective control of malaria, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where the disease kills over half a million people yearly. One key metric is entomological inocu
Situational analysis of hypertension management at primary health care level in São Paulo, Brazil: population, healthcare professional and health... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Government-led, population-wide initiatives are crucial for advancing the management of hypertension - a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. An urban pop
Differences in autophagy marker levels at birth in preterm vs. term infants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preterm infants are susceptible to oxidative stress and prone to respiratory diseases. Autophagy is an important defense mechanism against oxidative-stress-induced cell damage and involved
Hourly land-use regression modeling for NO2 and PM2.5 in the Netherlands (Publications)
Annual average land-use regression (LUR) models have been widely used to assess spatial patterns of air pollution exposures. However, they fail to capture diurnal variability in air pollution and cons
Reducing health inequities in the prevention of cervical cancer: The cervical cancer prevention and care cascade for women living with HIV (Publications)
Cervical cancer is the leading cause ofcancer related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are six times more likely to develop cervical c
Spatio-temporal dynamics of malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2022: a demography-specific analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite global efforts to reduce and eventually interrupt malaria transmission, the disease remains a pressing public health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This study presents
3-Benzylmenadiones and their heteroaromatic analogues target the apicoplast of apicomplexa parasites: synthesis and bioimaging studies (Publications)
The apicoplast is an essential organelle for the viability of apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum or Toxoplasma gondii, which has been proposed as a suitable drug target for the development o
Waiting for surgery after hip fracture: health and/or economic risk? (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Waiting for surgery is a disconcerting experience. It can have a negative impact on patients' outcomes and length of stay (LOS) as driver for treatment costs. Process-optimisation may be a
