Health of mobile pastoralists in the Sahel - assessment of 15 years of research and development (Publications)
In the Sahel, between Mauritania and Somalia including Northern Kenya, about 20-30 million people live as mobile pastoralists. The rhythm of their migration follows the seasons and the availability of
Development and back-extrapolation of NO2 land use regression models for historic exposure assessment in Great Britain (Publications)
Modelling historic air pollution exposures is often restricted by availability of monitored concentration data. We evaluated back-extrapolation of LUR models for annual mean NO2 concentrations in Grea
Treatment of mucosal leishmaniasis (<em>L. infantum</em>) with Miltefosine in a patient with good syndrome (Publications)
We report on a 76-year old patient with recurrent mucosal leishmaniasis. Multiple treatment regimens were administered. After the second relapse, immunologic workup and review of the patient's history
Household survey of pesticide practice, deliberate self-harm and suicide in the Sundarban region of west Bengal, India (Publications)
The toxicological impact and intentional ingestion of pesticides are major public health concerns globally. This study aimed to estimate the extent of deliberate self-harm (DSH) and suicides (suicidal
Acceptability and feasibility of mifepristone-misoprostol for menstrual regulation in Bangladesh (Publications)
CONTEXT: Annually, more than 700,000 women turn to menstrual regulation, or uterine evacuation with vacuum aspiration; many more resort to unsafe abortion. Using pills for the evacuation of the uterus
Cynaropicrin targets the trypanothione redox system in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
In mice cynaropicrin (CYN) potently inhibits the proliferation of Trypanosoma brucei-the causative agent of Human African Trypanosomiasis-by a so far unknown mechanism. We hypothesized that CYNs ?,?-u
A primaquine-chloroquine hybrid with dual activity against <em>Plasmodium</em> liver and blood stages (Publications)
We present a new class of hybrid molecules consisting of the established antiplasmodial drugs primaquine and chloroquine. No drug is known to date that acts comparably against all stages of Plasmodium
Characterization of choline uptake in<em> Trypanosoma brucei</em> procyclic and bloodstream forms (Publications)
Choline is an essential nutrient for eukaryotic cells, where it is used as precursor for the synthesis of choline-containing phospholipids, such as phosphatidylcholine (PC). According to published dat
