More than clean air and tranquillity: residential green is independently associated with decreasing mortality (Publications)
Green space may improve health by enabling physical activity and recovery from stress or by decreased pollution levels. We investigated the association between residential green (greenness or green sp
Alkaloid constituents of the amaryllidaceae plant amaryllis belladonna L (Publications)
The plant family Amaryllidaceae is well-known for its unique alkaloid constituents, which exhibit a wide range of biological activities. Its representative, Amaryllis belladonna, has a geographical di
The genetic variation of <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> in the People's Republic of China (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The People's Republic of China (P.R. China) is the presumptive home range of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a major aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningitis. We p
The complex relationship of exposure to new <em>Plasmodium</em> infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
The molecular force of blood-stage infection (molFOB) is a quantitative surrogate metric for malaria transmission at population level and for exposure at individual level. Relationships between molFOB
Assessing the population coverage of a health demographic surveillance system using satellite imagery and crowd-sourcing (Publications)
Remotely sensed data can serve as an independent source of information about the location of residential structures in areas under demographic and health surveillance. We report on results obtained co
Developing consensus standard operating procedures (SOPs) to evaluate new types of insecticide-treated nets (Publications)
In response to growing concerns over the sustained effectiveness of pyrethroid-only based control tools, new products are being developed and evaluated. Some examples of these are dual-active ingredie
Pesticide research on environmental and human exposure and risks in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review (Publications)
On the African continent, ongoing agriculture intensification is accompanied by the increasing use of pesticides, associated with environmental and public health concerns. Using a systematic literatur
