8-amino-6-methoxyquinoline-tetrazole hybrids: Impact of linkers on antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
A new series of compounds was prepared from 6-methoxyquinolin-8-amine or its N-(2-aminoethyl) analogue via Ugi-azide reaction. Their linkers between the quinoline and the tert-butyltetrazole moieties
Scoping future outbreaks: a scoping review on the outbreak prediction of the WHO Blueprint list of priority diseases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The WHO's Research and Development Blueprint priority list designates emerging diseases with the potential to generate public health emergencies for which insufficient preventive solutions
The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain was associated with early introductions and fast spread of a dominating genetic variant (Publications)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the world radically since 2020. Spain was one of the European countries with the highest incidence during the first wave. As a part of a c
Human leishmaniasis vaccines: use cases, target population and potential global demand (Publications)
The development of vaccines against one or all forms of human leishmaniasis remains hampered by a paucity of investment, at least in part resulting from the lack of well-evidenced and agreed estimates
Antimicrobial resistance in rural settings in Latin America: a scoping review with a One Health lens (Publications)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in rural Latin America is not fully understood. The transmission pathways are partially known since research predominantly focuses on the urban hospital setting. The con
A brief history of selected malaria vaccine and medical interventions pursued by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and partners,... (Publications)
In order to be successful in global health today, all the long-established European tropical research institutes had to undergo a transition which can be described as "hunter-gatherer" and descriptive
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress
Knowledge of antimalarials and health seeking behaviour of households in case of suspected malaria in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
(1) Background: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is heavily affected by malaria despite availability of effective treatments. Ignorance and unrecommended behaviour toward a suspected malaria