Overview: development of drugs against<em> Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
For many years, wide margin surgical excision of Buruli ulcer lesions has been the main approach for the treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. The WHO now recommends an eight-week course of ora
Overview: mycolactone, the macrolide toxin of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
The acquisition by a Mycobacterium marinum-like progenitor of a plasmid encoding enzymes for the biosynthesis of the highly potent macrolide toxin mycolactone has set off the evolution of M. ulcerans
Overview: <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans </em>disease (Buruli ulcer) (Publications)
Enhanced international research efforts since the establishment of the Global BU Initiative in 1998 by the WHO have helped to advance our understanding of the epidemiology, and pathogenesis of Mycobac
Clinical diversity and treatment results in tegumentary leishmaniasis: a European clinical report in 459 patients (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is frequent in travellers and can involve oro-nasal mucosae. Clinical presentation impacts therapeutic management. METHODOLOGY: Demographic and clinical data f
Time to scale up molecular surveillance for anti-malarial drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
Artemisinin resistance has emerged and spread in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), followed by artemisinin-based combination therapy failure, due to both artemisinin and partner drug resistance. Mo
Estimating intervention effectiveness in trials of malaria interventions with contamination (Publications)
Background In cluster randomized trials (CRTs) or stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SWCRTs) of malaria interventions, mosquito movement leads to contamination between trial arms unless buffer z
The additive effect of interpregnancy interval and maternal body mass index on pregnancy induced hypertension in the U.S (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), one of the most frequent causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity, has increased significantly in the U.S. in last two decades. Howe