Urbanization is a main driver for the larval ecology of <em>Aedes</em> mosquitoes in arbovirus-endemic settings in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Failure in detecting naturally occurring breeding sites of Aedes mosquitoes can bias the conclusions drawn from field studies, and hence, negatively affect intervention outcomes. We charac
Draft genome sequences of seven <em>Streptococcus agalactiae </em>strains isolated from <em>Camelus dromedarius</em> at the Horn of Africa (Publications)
We present draft whole-genome sequences of seven Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from Camelus dromedarius in Kenya and Somalia. These data are an extension to the group B Streptococcus (GBS)
Repellents and new "spaces of concern" in global health (Publications)
Today, malaria prevention hinges upon two domestic interventions: insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying. As mosquitoes grow resistant to these tools, however, novel approaches to v
Mixed Th1 and Th2 <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>-specific CD4 T cell responses in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis from Tanzania (Publications)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and helminth infections elicit antagonistic immune effector functions and are co-endemic in several regions of the world. We therefore hypothesized that helminth infec
Live and stillborn very low birthweight infants in Switzerland: comparison between hospital based birth registers and the national birth register (Publications)
Background and aim: Perinatal and infant mortality rates are considered key indicators of medical care. The aim of this investigation was to examine how representative and reliable the official nation
Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Culture contamination with environmental bacteria is a major challenge in tuberculosis (TB) laboratories in hot and humid climate zones. We studied the effect of cetylpyridinium chloride (
Structure-activity relationship studies on thiaplidiaquinones A and B as novel inhibitors of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and farnesyltransferase (Publications)
Marine meroterpenoids, thiaplidiaquinones A and B and their respective non-natural dioxothiazine regioisomers have been shown to inhibit mammalian and protozoal farnesyltransferase (FTase) with the re