Sustained malaria control over an 8-year period in Papua New Guinea: the challenge of low-density asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium</em> infections (Publications)
Background: The scale-up of effective malaria control in the last decade has resulted in a substantial decline in the incidence of clinical malaria in many countries. The effects on the proportions of
Amplicon deep sequencing improves <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> genotyping in clinical trials of antimalarial drugs (Publications)
Clinical trials monitoring malaria drug resistance require genotyping of recurrent Plasmodium falciparum parasites to distinguish between treatment failure and new infection occurring during the trial
Engagement in care, viral suppression, drug resistance and reasons for non-engagement after home-based same-day ART initiation in Lesotho: a two-year... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The CASCADE trial showed that compared to usual care (UC), offering same-day (SD) ART during home-based HIV testing improved engagement in care and viral suppression 12 months after diagno
Analysis of hepatobiliary disorder reports associated with the use of herbal medicines in the global suspected ADR database Vigibase (Publications)
Introduction: Use of herbal medicines (HMs) is widespread across the world, with many people relying on HMs for their primary healthcare or using HMs in the context of a healthy life style. HMs origin
Synthesis, <em>in-vitro</em> antiprotozoal activity and molecular docking study of isothiocyanate derivatives (Publications)
Novel isothiocyanate derivatives were synthesized starting from noscapine, bile acids, amino acids, and some aromatic compounds. Antiparasitic activities of the synthesized derivatives were tested aga
Risk factors for the carriage of<em> Streptococcus infantarius </em>subspecies <em>infantarius </em>isolated from African fermented dairy products (Publications)
Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius (Sii) has been identified as predominant lactic acid bacteria in spontaneously fermented dairy products (FDPs) in sub-Saharan Africa including Cote d'Ivoir
Evaluation of honey-baited FTA cards in combination with different mosquito traps in an area of low arbovirus prevalence (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The threat of mosquito-borne diseases is increasing in continental Europe as demonstrated by several autochthonous chikungunya, dengue and West Nile virus outbreaks. In Switzerland, despit