<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> prevalence and diagnostics in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite the high prevalence of strongyloidiasis in the Laotian population, Laotian hospitals still lack diagnostic capacity to appropriately diagnose Strongyloides stercoralis infections.
Palladium-catalysed synthesis of arylnaphthoquinones as antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial agents (Publications)
Malaria and tuberculosis are still among the leading causes of death in low-income countries. The 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ) scaffold can be found in a variety of anti-infective agents. Herein, we report
Financial costs of the Zanzibar elimination of schistosomiasis transmission project (Publications)
We estimated the financial costs of different interventions against urogenital schistosomiasis, implemented by the Zanzibar Elimination of Schistosomiasis Transmission (ZEST) project, on Pemba and Ung
Asthma in farm children is more determined by genetic polymorphisms and in non-farm children by environmental factors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The asthma syndrome is influenced by hereditary and environmental factors. With the example of farm exposure, we study whether genetic and environmental factors interact for asthma. METHOD
New 2‑aminopyrimidine derivatives and their antitrypanosomal and antiplasmodial activities (Publications)
Novel 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives were prepared from acyclic starting materials, benzylidene acetones and ammonium thiocyanates, via 5 steps, including ring closure, aromatization, S-methylation, ox
Monitoring <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> using microsatellite markers indicates limited changes in population structure... (Publications)
Monitoring the genetic structure of pathogen populations may be an economical and sensitive approach to quantify the impact of control on transmission dynamics, highlighting the need for a better unde
Predicted impact of COVID-19 on neglected tropical disease programs and the opportunity for innovation (Publications)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many key neglected tropical disease (NTD) activities have been postponed. This hindrance comes at a time when the NTDs are progressing towards their ambitious goals for 2
<em>In utero</em> exposure to threat of evictions and preterm birth: evidence from the United States (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate county-level associations between in utero exposure to threatened evictions and preterm birth in the United States. DATA SOURCES: Complete birth records were obtained from the N
Moving beyond simple descriptive statistics in the analysis of online wildlife trade: an example from clustering and ordination (Publications)
Collecting data for reports on online wildlife trade is resource-intensive and time-consuming. Learning often focuses on the main item traded by each country only. However, online trade is increasing,
Estimating the health benefits associated with a speed limit reduction to thirty kilometres per hour: a health impact assessment of noise and road... (Publications)
Reductions of speed limits for road traffic are effective in reducing casualties, and are also increasingly promoted as an effective way to reduce noise exposure. The aim of this study was to estimate