LeishMan recommendations for treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in travelers, 2014 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) in travelers is still controversial. Over the last decade, national and international consortia have published reco
A household-based study of acute viral respiratory illnesses in Andean children (Publications)
BACKGROUND.: Few community studies have measured the incidence, severity, and etiology of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among children living at high-altitude in remote rural settings. METHODS.: We
Mental health litaracy and the experience of depression in a community sample of gay men (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Gay men are at higher risk of suffering from a variety of psychiatric disorders, yet the mental health literacy of this population has remained largely unknown. METHODS: In 2007 and 2011,
Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Q-fever in southeast Ethiopian pastoral livestock (Publications)
To assess seroprevalences of Brucella and C. burnetii in pastoral livestock in southeast Ethiopia, a cross-sectional study was carried out in three livestock species (cattle, camels and goats). The st
Mobile phone use and risk of intracranial tumors: a consistency analysis (Publications)
A meta-analysis of studies on intracranial tumors and mobile phone use published by the end of 2012 was performed to evaluate the overall consistency of findings, assess the sensitivity of results to
Antiprotozoal activity of dicationic 3,5-diphenylisoxazoles, there prodrugs and aza-analogues (Publications)
Fifty novel prodrugs and aza-analogues of 3,5-bis(4-amidinophenyl)isoxazole and its derivatives were prepared. Eighteen of the 24 aza-analogues exhibited IC50 values below 25nM against Trypanosoma bru
Survey on animal bite injuries and their management to estimate human rabies deaths in N'Djamena, Chad (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual human rabies incidence as a baseline prior to mass dog vaccination campaigns in N'Djaména, Chad. METHODS: Survey of animal bites, involving 50% of all healthcare prov
Enantioselective synthesis of encecaline-derived potent antimalarial agents (Publications)
The high antiplasmodial activity of racemic benzylamines rac- and rac- stimulated the synthesis of pure enantiomers. Ellman's chiral sulfinamides (S)- and (R)- were used as chiral auxiliaries. Condens
Characterization of a serine hydrolase targeted by acyl-protein thioesterase inhibitors in <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> (Publications)
In eukaryotic organisms, cysteine palmitoylation is an important reversible modification that impacts protein targeting, folding, stability, and interactions with partners. Evidence suggests that prot