Introduction to a landscape analysis of multisectoral approaches for prevention and control of infectious and vector-borne diseases (Publications)
The Swiss Development Cooperation, Canada's International Development Research Centre, the Swiss Tropical Public Health Institute, and the UNICEF/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/World Bank
Capture-based enrichment of <em>Theileria parva </em>DNA enables full genome assembly of first buffalo-derived strain and reveals exceptional... (Publications)
Theileria parva is an economically important, intracellular, tick-transmitted parasite of cattle. A live vaccine against the parasite is effective against challenge from cattle-transmissible T. parva
Epidemiological and health systems implications of evolving HIV and hypertension in South Africa and Kenya (Publications)
Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa are facing an ongoing HIV epidemic and increasing burden of noncommunicable disease. With the focus shifting to the development of comprehensive primary health car
Identification of 2,4-disubstituted imidazopyridines as hemozoin formation inhibitors with fast-killing kinetics and <em>in vivo</em> efficacy in the... (Publications)
A series of 2,4-disubstituted imidazopyridines, originating from a SoftFocus Kinase library, was identified from a high throughput phenotypic screen against the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falci
Pyridine-4(1<em>H</em>)-one alkaloids from <em>Waltheria indica</em> as antitrypanosomatid agents (Publications)
Twelve new pyridine-4(1H)-one derivatives, namely, 8-demethoxywaltherione F (1), waltheriones R-V (2, 6, 7, 10, and 11), 1-methoxywaltherione O (3), (S)-15-hydroxywaltherione G (4), (8R)-8-hydroxywalt
Cumulative occupational exposures and lung function decline in two large general population cohorts (Publications)
RATIONALE: Few longitudinal studies have assessed the relationship between occupational exposures and lung function decline in the general population, with sufficiently long follow-up. OBJECTIVES: Our
Evaluation of human liver microtissues for drug screening on <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>schistosomula (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease with more than 200 million infections annually. Despite only one drug, praziquantel, being available, the drug pipeline against schistosomiasis is