Mosquito feeding behavior and how it influences residual malaria transmission across Africa (Publications)
The antimalarial efficacy of the most important vector control interventions-long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS)-primarily protect against mosquitoes' biting peop
A multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter for personal radio-frequency dosimetry in diffuse indoor environments (Publications)
A multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter (BWDM) is designed and calibrated for diffuse fields in a reverberation chamber (RC) for personal exposure assessment in indoor environments. The BWDM
Kankanet: an artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Endemic areas for soil-transmitted helminthiases often lack the tools and trained personnel necessary for point-of-care diagnosis. This study pilots the use of smartphone microscopy and an
Malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
Different methods and data sources have been utilized to determine the relationship between malaria and mortality in endemic countries. Most of these efforts have focused on deaths directly attributed
Models of effectiveness of interventions against malaria transmitted by <em>Anopheles albimanus</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Most impact prediction of malaria vector control interventions has been based on African vectors. Anopheles albimanus, the main vector in Central America and the Caribbean, has higher intr
Diagnostic performance of a single and duplicate Kato-Katz, Mini-FLOTAC, FECPAKG2 and qPCR for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Because the success of deworming programs targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is evaluated through the periodically assessment of prevalence and infection intensities, the use of t
Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Only a few studies have examined the impact of a particular heat event on morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissio
Mechanistic dose-response modelling of animal challenge data shows that intact skin is a crucial barrier to leptospiral infection (Publications)
Leptospirosis is a widespread and potentially life-threatening zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira. Humans become infected primarily via contact with environmental reservoi
Targeting a large active site: structure-based design of nanomolar inhibitors of <em>Trypanosoma brucei </em>trypanothione reductase (Publications)
Trypanothione reductase (TR) plays a key role in the unique redox metabolism of trypanosomatids, the causative agents of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas' disease, and leishmaniases. Introd