Applications and limitations of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention miniature light traps for measuring biting densities of African malaria... (Publications)
host-seeking malaria vectors is important for estimating levels of disease transmission, for appropriately allocating interventions, and for quantifying their impact. The gold standard for estimating mosquito-human [...] numbers of mosquitoes to the HLC indoors, although the relative sampling efficacy, measured by the ratio of LT:HLC varied considerably between studies. The overall best estimate for An. gambiae s.l. was 1 [...] these methods for their consistency in sampling indoor-feeding...
A Narrowing Window for Change: Experts Call for Global Climate Action (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/a-narrowing-window-for-change-experts-call-for-global-climate-action
national planning.” The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was established by the United Nations E [...] strategies. The complete IPCC AR6 was released in 2022, almost 8 years after IPCC AR5. The Working Group II for AR6, who was responsible for the 18 chapters, including one on health, well-being and the changing [...] change is causing perilous and extensive damage to nature, impacting the...
Reinvestigation of the <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> genome annotation by comparison to the genome of a related fungus: <em>Ashbya gossypii</em> (Publications)
cerevisiae and for which no homolog can be detected in A. gossypii should be regarded as spurious. CONCLUSIONS: Although, the S. cerevisiae genome is rightly considered as one of the most accurately sequenced [...] BACKGROUND: The recently sequenced genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii revealed remarkable similarities to that of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae both at the level of homology [...] homology and synteny (conservation of gene order). Thus, it became possible...
Reinvestigation of the <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> genome annotation by comparison to the genome of a related fungus: <em>Ashbya gossypii</em> (Publications)
cerevisiae and for which no homolog can be detected in A. gossypii should be regarded as spurious. CONCLUSIONS: Although, the S. cerevisiae genome is rightly considered as one of the most accurately sequenced [...] BACKGROUND: The recently sequenced genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii revealed remarkable similarities to that of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae both at the level of homology [...] homology and synteny (conservation of gene order). Thus, it became possible...
Wellbeing impacts of city policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Publications)
to have consequences for the wellbeing of their populations for example through changes in opportunities to take physical exercise. In order to explore the potential consequences for wellbeing, we first [...] informs the development of a theoretical model linking wellbeing to policies which cities use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, we discuss the extent to which the links proposed in the conceptual [...] explore what 'wellbeing' is and how it can be operationalised for...
Wellbeing impacts of city policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Publications)
to have consequences for the wellbeing of their populations for example through changes in opportunities to take physical exercise. In order to explore the potential consequences for wellbeing, we first [...] informs the development of a theoretical model linking wellbeing to policies which cities use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, we discuss the extent to which the links proposed in the conceptual [...] explore what 'wellbeing' is and how it can be operationalised for...
Assessing public-private procurement practices for medical commodities in Dar es Salaam: a situation analysis (Publications)
signatures and 16 steps from order preparation to approval. Only 17 of 77 prequalified private suppliers received orders from public health facilities. The criteria for choosing which supplier to use were unclear [...] BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, the Medical Stores Department is the principal pharmaceutical provider to public health facilities throughout the country. However, growing demand from health facilities has proved [...] are frequent. The aim of the current study was to conduct a...
Assessing public-private procurement practices for medical commodities in Dar es Salaam: a situation analysis (Publications)
signatures and 16 steps from order preparation to approval. Only 17 of 77 prequalified private suppliers received orders from public health facilities. The criteria for choosing which supplier to use were unclear [...] BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, the Medical Stores Department is the principal pharmaceutical provider to public health facilities throughout the country. However, growing demand from health facilities has proved [...] are frequent. The aim of the current study was to conduct a...
<em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> mouse model refinement for pre-clinical profiling of vaccine candidates (Publications)
model for Buruli ulcer. We described, compared and followed the kinetics of the histo-pathological outcome of infection of a collection of strains at various anatomical sites of infection in order to find [...] necrosis, which presents close ressemblance with the infection kinetics in humans. This strain caused macrophages as well as T and B cells infiltration, correlating with mycobacterial proliferation at the site [...] find a suitable model for further immunization studies. Moreover we...
<em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> mouse model refinement for pre-clinical profiling of vaccine candidates (Publications)
model for Buruli ulcer. We described, compared and followed the kinetics of the histo-pathological outcome of infection of a collection of strains at various anatomical sites of infection in order to find [...] necrosis, which presents close ressemblance with the infection kinetics in humans. This strain caused macrophages as well as T and B cells infiltration, correlating with mycobacterial proliferation at the site [...] find a suitable model for further immunization studies. Moreover we...
