Pharmacological effects of primaquine ureas and semicarbazides on the CNS in mice and antimalarial activity in vitro (Publications)
New primaquine (PQ) urea and semicarbazide derivatives 1-4 were screened for the first time for CNS and antimalarial activity. Behavioural tests were performed on mice. In vitro cytotoxicity on L-6 ce
Transport-related measures to mitigate climate change in Basel, Switzerland: a health-effectiveness comparison study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Local strategies to reduce green-house gases (GHG) imply changes of non-climatic exposure patterns. OBJECTIVE: To assess the health impacts of locally relevant transport-related climate ch
Gift from nature: cyclomarin a kills mycobacteria and malaria parasites by distinct modes of action (Publications)
Malaria continues to be one of the most devastating human diseases despite many efforts to limit its spread by prevention of infection or by pharmaceutical treatment of patients. We have conducted a s
Discovery and optimisation studies of antimalarial phenotypic hits (Publications)
There is an urgent need for the development of new antimalarial compounds. As a result of a phenotypic screen, several compounds with potent activity against the parasite Plasmodium falciparum were id
Outcomes mapping study for childhood vaccination communication: too few concepts were measured in too many ways (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this paper are: 1) to comprehensively catalogue outcomes measured in trials of childhood vaccination communication interventions; and 2) to analyse patterns and trends in
Chemical constituents from <em>Waltheria indica</em> exert <em>in vitro</em> activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> and <em>T. cruzi</em> (Publications)
Six extracts from the roots and the aerial parts of Waltheria indica L. (Malvaceae) were screened for their in vitro antitrypanosomal activity towards Trypanosoma brucei brucei STIB 427 strain, Trypan
Genomic epidemiology of multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> during transcontinental spread (Publications)
The transcontinental spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is poorly characterized in molecular epidemiologic studies. We used genomic sequencing to understand the establishment and dispers