Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
There is limited evidence for short-term association between mortality and ambient air pollution in the Middle East and no study has evaluated exposure windows of about a month prior to death. We inve
Safety and tolerance of lymph node biopsies from chronic HIV-1 volunteers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 rapidly establishes a persistent infection that can be contained under life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) but not cured. One major viral reservoir is the peripheral lymph node (LN
Tracking development assistance and government health expenditures for 35 malaria-eliminating countries: 1990-2017 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Donor financing for malaria has declined since 2010 and this trend is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. These reductions have a significant impact on lower burden countries
Non-uptake of HIV testing in children at risk in two urban and rural settings in Zambia: a mixed-methods study (Publications)
This article investigates reasons why children who were considered at risk of HIV were not taken for HIV testing by their caregivers. Qualitative and quantitative data collected in Zambia from 2010-11
Synthesis and potent antiprotozoal activity of mono/di amidino 2-anilinobenz-imidazoles versus <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Trypanosoma... (Publications)
A series of mono and dicationic new 2-anilinobenzimidazole carboxamidines were prepared in a four step process starting from 4-amino-3-nitrobenzonitrile and corresponding o-phenylenediamines. Their an
Land use regression models for alkylbenzenes in a Middle Eastern megacity: Tehran Study of Exposure Prediction for Environmental Health Research... (Publications)
Land use regression (LUR) has not been applied thus far to ambient alkylbenzenes in highly polluted megacities. We advanced LUR models for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, p-xylene, m-xylene, o-xylene
