DDT contamination in water resources of some African countries and its impact on water quality and human health (Publications)
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) usage has been prohibited in developed nations since 1972 but is exempted for use in indoor residual spraying (IRS) in developing countries, including African cou
Activity refinement of aryl amino acetamides that target the <em>P. falciparum</em> STAR-related lipid transfer 1 protein (Publications)
Malaria is a devastating disease that causes significant morbidity worldwide. The development of new antimalarial chemotypes is urgently needed because of the emergence of resistance to frontline ther
Design of a targeted blood transcriptional panel for monitoring immunological changes accompanying pregnancy (Publications)
Background: Immunomodulatory processes exert steering functions throughout pregnancy. Detecting diversions from this physiologic immune clock may help identify pregnant women at risk for pregnancy-ass
Monthly average air pollution models using geographically weighted regression in Europe from 2000 to 2019 (Publications)
Detailed spatial models of monthly air pollution levels at a very fine spatial resolution (25 m) can help facilitate studies to explore critical time-windows of exposure at intermediate term. Seasonal
Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Climate change can directly impact temperature-related excess deaths and might subsequently change the seasonal variation in mortality. In this study, we aimed to provide a systematic and
Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Burkina Faso, the prevalence of malaria has decreased over the past two decades, following the scale-up of control interventions. The successful development of malaria parasites depends
Using a mobile nanopore sequencing lab for end-to-end genomic surveillance of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: a feasibility study (Publications)
Genomic epidemiology holds promise for malaria control and elimination efforts, for example by informing on Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and prevalence of mutations conferring anti-malarial
Pyrimethamine-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasites among Tanzanian children: a facility-based study using the polymerase chain reaction (Publications)
A mutation-specific polymerase chain reaction method was used to estimate the proportion of pyrimethamine-resistant parasites in 101 children reporting with malaria at the hospital in Ifakara, a town
Acceptability and use of insecticide impregnated bednets in northern Ghana (Publications)
A district-wide study was undertaken in a rural population of northern Ghana to identify factors influencing the acceptance and use of insecticide-impregnated bednets (IIBNs). A series of focus group
Quantitative ultrastructural investigations of the life cycle of <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>: a morphometric analysis (Publications)
SYNOPSIS. The quantitative ultrastructure of the developmental stages of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in its vector Glossina morsitans was studied by morphometric analysis. Values from ectoperitrophic mi
