Air pollution and atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional analysis of four European cohort studies in the ESCAPE study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In four European cohorts, we investigated the cross-sectional association between long-term exposure to air pollution and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT), a pre-
Assessing seasonal variations and age patterns in mortality during the first year of life in Tanzania (Publications)
Lack of birth and death registries in most of developing countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa led to the establishment of Demographic Surveillance Systems (DSS) sites which monitor larg
International workshop on insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses, December 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Publications)
Vector-borne diseases transmitted by insect vectors such as mosquitoes occur in over 100 countries and affect almost half of the world's population. Dengue is currently the most prevalent arboviral di
The macrolide toxin mycolactone promotes bim-dependent apoptosis in Buruli ulcer through inhibition of mTOR (Publications)
Mycolactone, the macrolide exotoxin produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is central to the pathogenesis of the chronic necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU). Here we show that mycolactone acts as
Modelling the health and economic impacts of the elimination of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is endemic mostly in remote and rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa. The treatment goal for onchocerciasis has shifted from control to elimination in Africa.
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among HIV/TB-coinfected children in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) network (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Management of tuberculosis (TB) is challenging in HIV/TB-coinfected children. The World Health Organization recommends nucleic acid amplification tests for TB diagnosis, a 4-drug regimen
Hit-to-lead optimization of a novel class of potent, broad-spectrum trypanosomacides (Publications)
The parasitic trypanosomes Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi are responsible for significant human suffering in the form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Chagas disease. Drugs currently availa
Using the COMMVAC taxonomy to map vaccination communication interventions in Mozambique (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improved communication about childhood vaccination is fundamental to increasing vaccine uptake in low-income countries. Mozambique, with 64% of children fully vaccinated, uses a range of c