Pharmacometric analysis of tribendimidine mono- and combination therapies to achieve high cure rates in patients with hookworm infections (Publications)
To treat hookworm infections, pharmacotherapy has been only moderately successful and drug resistance is a threat. Therefore, novel treatment options including combination therapies should be consider
Population pharmacokinetics and exposure-response analysis of tribendimidine to improve treatment for children with hookworm infection (Publications)
Tribendimidine has been successful in treating hookworm infections and may serve as alternative to albendazole should resistance arise. Our aims were to (i) characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) of t
Extracting cause of death from verbal autopsy with deep learning interpretable methods (Publications)
The international standard to ascertain the cause of death is medical certification. However, in many low and middle-income countries, the majority of deaths occur outside of health facilities. In the
Determining the impact of a school-based health education package for prevention of intestinal worm infections in the Philippines: protocol for a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Repeated mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelminthics to at-risk populations is still the main strategy for the control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, MDA, as
Mining Sudanese medicinal plants for antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
Neglected tropical diseases are major health hazards in developing countries. Annually, up to 30 million people are affected by either Chagas disease, African trypansomiasis or leishmaniasis, and more
The creation of an indicator for the health effect of air pollutants (Publications)
The department of social and preventive medicine of the University of Basle is conducting an epidemiologic study on the health effect of air pollution on preschool children. Nitrogen dioxide in childr