The production and antiprotozoal activity of abietane diterpenes in <em>Salvia austriaca</em> hairy roots grown in shake-flasks and bioreactor (Publications)
The biomass and concentration of bioactive quinone-methide-type diterpenes in hairy roots of Salvia austriaca were determined and compared with levels of these metabolites in roots of field-grown plan
Estimation of the antirelapse efficacy of tafenoquine, using <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> genotyping (Publications)
Plasmodium vivax relapse prevention is a key treatment goal in malaria. Use of P. vivax genotyping in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase IIb study in Peru, India, Thaila
Diagnosis of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> infection with handheld light microscopy in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
Opisthorchis viverrini infection is a neglected tropical disease, yet it is of considerable public health importance in southeast Asia given the predilection for chronically infected persons to develo
Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children's nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections are common among children in Burkina Faso and Nepal. However, specific health-related data in school-aged children in these two countries a
A malaria risk map of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Kinshasa, malaria remains a major public health problem but its spatial epidemiology has not been assessed for decades now. The city's growth and transformation, as well as recent contr
How do we learn about improving health care: a call for a new epistemological paradigm (Publications)
PURPOSE: The field of improving health care has been achieving more significant results in outcomes at scale in recent years. This has raised legitimate questions regarding the rigor, attribution, gen
Toxocariasis-associated cardiac diseases: a systematic review of the literature (Publications)
Toxocariasis, caused by Toxocara canis or Toxocara catis, is a worldwide occurring parasitic disease, reaching high prevalences especially in tropical and subtropical countries. The clinical presentat
