<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> diversity and population structure across four continents (Publications)
Plasmodium vivax is the geographically most widespread human malaria parasite. To analyze patterns of microsatellite diversity and population structure across countries of different transmission intensity
Evaluation and forecasting analysis of the association of conditional cash transfer with child mortality in Latin America, 2000-2030 (Publications)
1000 live births), overall and by poverty-related causes (diarrheal, malnutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, lower respiratory tract infections, and HIV/AIDS), and the mortality rates for those younger than
Pre-referral rectal artesunate is no "magic bullet" in weak health systems (Publications)
Severe malaria is a potentially fatal condition that requires urgent treatment. In a clinical trial, a sub-group of children treated with rectal artesunate (RAS) before being referred to a health facility
Population pharmacokinetics of antimalarial naphthoquine in combination with artemisinin in Tanzanian children and adults: dose optimization (Publications)
and children over 5 years of age (6 to 10, 11 to 17, and > /=18 years of age) with uncomplicated malaria in Tanzania. The median weights for the three age groups were 20, 37.5, and 55 kg, respectively.
The first molecular detection of <em>Aedes albopictus</em> in Sudan associates with increased outbreaks of chikungunya and dengue (Publications)
As part of our surveys of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in four Sudanese states, including North and South Kordofan, Sennar, and White Nile, we collected 166 larvae. Our morphological
The impact of health worker absenteeism on patient health care seeking behavior, testing and treatment: a longitudinal analysis in Uganda (Publications)
odds that a patient seeks care in the public sector (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.44-0.95) and receives malaria testing (OR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.53-0.99) and increases the odds of paying out-of-pocket for treatment
Spatial dispersion and characterisation of mosquito breeding habitats in urban vegetable-production areas of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
consequently, to increased transmission of malarial parasites. If targeted interventions against malaria vectors are to be successful in urban areas, the habitats that support Anopheles breeding need to
Research and development of antischistosomal drugs in the People's Republic of China a 60-year review (Publications)
in vivo activities against S. japonicum. In the 1990s, the artemisinins-originally reserved for malaria treatment-were developed as 'chemoprophylactic' agents against S. japonicum, which in turn led to
The antiprotozoal activity of sixteen asteraceae species native to Sudan and bioactivity-guided isolation of xanthanolides from <em>Xanthium... (Publications)
against T. CRUZI (Chagas disease), LEISHMANIA DONOVANI (Kala-Azar) as well as PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (Malaria tropica). Bioactivity-guided fractionation resulted in the isolation of four bioactive sesquiterpene
Antigenicity and immunogenicity of a novel chimeric peptide antigen based on the <em>P. vivax</em> circumsporozoite protein (Publications)
indicated that the chimeric peptide is recognized by a high proportion (60-70%) of residents of malaria-endemic areas. Peptides formulated with either GLA-SE or Montanide ISA51 adjuvants induced stronger