Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso (Publications)
The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Burkina Faso increasingly employs cyanideleaching to exploit the natural resource gold. The long-term consequences of chronic cyanide exposur
Short term seasonal effects of airborne fungal spores on lung function in a panel study of schoolchildren residing in informal settlements of the... (Publications)
Background The individual effects of biological constituents of particulate matter (PM) such as fungal spores, on lung function in children are not well known. This study investigated the seasonal sho
Structure-activity relationship in pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridines, first inhibitors of PEX14-PEX5 protein-protein interaction with trypanocidal activity (Publications)
Trypanosoma protists are pathogens leading to a spectrum of devastating infectious diseases. The range of available chemotherapeutics against Trypanosoma is limited, and the existing therapies are par
Evaluating the use of educational videos to support the tuberculosis care cascade in remote Madagascar (Publications)
SETTING: Access to information about tuberculosis (TB) is vital to ensure timely diagnosis, treatment, and control among vulnerable communities. Improved approaches for distributing health education m
Vaccination with virosomally formulated recombinant CyRPA elicits protective antibodies against<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasites in... (Publications)
The Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) cysteine-rich protective antigen (PfCyRPA) has emerged as a promising blood-stage candidate antigen for inclusion into a broadly cross-reactive malaria vaccine. This hig
Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with increased severity of rhinitis in 2 European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Very few studies have examined the association between long-term outdoor air pollution and rhinitis severity in adults. OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess the cross-sectional association betwe
Assessing the impact of aggregating disease stage data in model predictions of human African trypanosomiasis transmission and control activities in... (Publications)
Since the turn of the century, the global community has made great progress towards the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Elimination programs, primarily relying on screeni
An interactive application for malaria elimination transmission and costing in the Asia-Pacific (Publications)
Leaders in the Asia-Pacific have endorsed an ambitious target to eliminate malaria in the region by 2030. The emergence and spread of artemisinin drug resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion makes