International scale implementation of the CNOSSOS-EU road traffic noise predictin model for epidemiological studies (Publications)
The EU-FP7-funded BioSHaRE project is using individual-level data pooled from several national cohort studies in Europe to investigate the relationship of road traffic noise and health. The detailed i
Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million individuals, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, but empirical estimates of the disease burden in this region are unavailable. We used geostatistica
Discovery and optimisation studies of antimalarial phenotypic hits (Publications)
There is an urgent need for the development of new antimalarial compounds. As a result of a phenotypic screen, several compounds with potent activity against the parasite Plasmodium falciparum were id
Outcomes mapping study for childhood vaccination communication: too few concepts were measured in too many ways (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this paper are: 1) to comprehensively catalogue outcomes measured in trials of childhood vaccination communication interventions; and 2) to analyse patterns and trends in
Childhood cancer and residential exposure to highways: a nationwide cohort study (Publications)
Children living near highways are exposed to higher concentrations of traffic-related carcinogenic pollutants. Several studies reported an increased risk of childhood cancer associated with traffic ex
Geographical and temporal structures of <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> sequence types in Comunitat Valenciana (Spain), 1998 to 2013 (Publications)
Legionella pneumophila is an accidental human pathogen associated with aerosol formation in water-related sources. High recombination rates make Legionella populations genetically diverse, and nearly
The association of air pollution and depressed mood in 70,928 individuals from four European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to ambient air pollution may be associated with impaired mental health, including depression. However, evidence originates mainly from animal studies and epidemiological studies i
Structure elucidation and activity of kolossin A, the D-/L-pentadecapeptide product of a giant nonribosomal peptide synthetase (Publications)
The largest continuous bacterial nonribosomal peptide synthetase discovered so far is described. It consists of 15 consecutive modules arising from an uninterrupted, fully functional gene in the entom
Molecular and culture-based diagnosis of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> isolates from Côte d'Ivoire after prolonged storage at disrupted cold chain... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although Clostridium difficile is a major cause of diarrhoea, its epidemiology in tropical settings is poorly understood. Strain characterisation requires work-up in specialised laboratori