Fast<em> in vitro</em> methods to determine the speed of action and the stage-specificity of anti-malarials in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent whole cell in vitro screening campaigns identified thousands of compounds that are active against asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum at submicromolar concentrations. Thes
Natural killer cell cytokine response to <em>M. bovis</em> BCG is associated with inhibited proliferation, increased apoptosis and ultimate depletion... (Publications)
Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a live attenuated strain of M. bovis initially developed as a vaccine against tuberculosis, is also used as an adjuvant for immunotherapy of cancers and for treatment of paras
Reported reasons for not using a mosquito net when one is available: a review of the published literature (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A review of the barriers to mosquito net use in malaria-endemic countries has yet to be presented in the published literature despite considerable research interest in this area. This pape
Population pharmacokinetics of mefloquine, piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine in Cambodian and Tanzanian malaria patients (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Inter-individual variability in plasma concentration-time profiles might contribute to differences in anti-malarial treatment response. This study investigated the pharmacokinetics of thre
Associations of short-term particle and noise exposures with markers of cardiovascular and respiratory health among highway maintenance workers (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Highway maintenance workers are constantly and simultaneously exposed to traffic-related particle and noise emissions, both of which have been linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity
Italy's contribution to global health: the need for a paradigm shift (Publications)
This paper reviews Italian Development Assistance for Health and overall contribution to Global Health from 2001 to 2012. It analyses strategies and roles of central and decentralized authorities as w