Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting (Publications)
gas station). The estimated risk of infection from touching a contaminated surface was low (less than 5 in 10,000), suggesting fomites play a minimal role in SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. The weekly
Can big data be used to monitor the mental health consequences of COVID-19? (Publications)
epidemiological data sources, and to inform the implementation of targeted mental health interventions [5–7]
Chemically diverse <em>S. mansoni</em> HDAC8 inhibitors reduced viability in worm larval and adult stages (Publications)
40-50% activity in adult worms at 10 microM, joined to moderate to no toxicity in human fibroblast MRC-5 cells.
Efficient oxidative dearomatisations of substituted phenols using hypervalent iodine (iii) reagents and antiprotozoal evaluation of the resulting... (Publications)
evaluated and the respective selectivity indices (SI) were calculated. We found that benzyl naphthoquinone 5c was the most active and selective molecule against T. brucei rhodesiense (IC50 = 0.08 muM, SI = 275)
Comparison of weather station and climate reanalysis data for modelling temperature-related mortality (Publications)
against traditional station-based data. Our findings show that reanalysis temperature from the last ERA5 products generally compare well to station observations, with similar non-optimal temperature-related
A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries (Publications)
Early interventions have a greater effect on Re with a decrease of 0.285 (95% CI 0.223; 0.347) for a 5th - 95th percentile increase in the government response index. The variation in the effective reproduction
Urinalysis as a noninvasive health screening procedure in Falconidae (Publications)
collected from 78 mature (> 1 year) and immature (6-12 months) male and female falcons belonging to 5 species. Droppings were assessed visually for urate color and consistency and color of the liquid urine
Incomplete<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> growth inhibition following piperaquine treatment translates into increased parasite viability in the <em>in... (Publications)
phenotype towards PPQ. In this parasite isolate, incomplete growth inhibition translated to only a 2.5-fold increase in IC(50) but a dramatic decrease of parasite killing in the PRR assay. Hence, this pilot
Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa (Publications)
countries and PEP would lead to the elimination of dog rabies in Africa with total welfare gains of USD 9.5 billion (95% CI: 8.1 - 11.4 billion) between 2024 and 2054 (30 years). Coordinated disease control between
Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations (Publications)
studies from the International COPD Genetics Consortium. We identified 82 loci associated with P < 5 x 10(-8); 47 of these were previously described in association with either COPD or population-based