Prevalence and management of drug-drug interactions with antiretroviral treatment in 2069 people living with HIV in rural Tanzania: a prospective... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Widespread access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has substantially increased life expectancy in sub-Saharan African countries. As a result, the rates of comorbidities and use of co-medica
The molecular clock of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
The molecular clock and its phylogenetic applications to genomic data have changed how we study and understand one of the major human pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the etiologic agent o
(+/-)-Alternarlactones A and B, two antiparasitic alternariol-like dimers from the fungus <em>Alternaria alternata</em> p1210 isolated from the... (Publications)
Two new dimeric compounds of the alternariol class, (+/-)-alternarlactones A (1) and B (2), were isolated along with 11 known compounds from the fungus Alternaria alternata P1210. Their structures wer
National and sub-national exposure to ambient fine particulate matter PM2.5 and its attributable burden of disease in Iran from 1990 to 2016 (Publications)
Ambient particulate matter is a public health concern. We aimed (1) to estimate national and provincial long-term exposure of Iranians to ambient particulate matter (PM)
Mediators of gender effects on depression among cardiovascular disease patients in Palestine (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Among patients suffering from coronary heart disease (CHD) and comorbid depression, women experience a higher burden compared to men. Little is known on the characteristics that differenti
Impact of environmental changes on infectious diseases: key findings from an international conference in Trieste, Italy in May 2017 (Publications)
Elsevier's 2(nd) conference on "Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious Diseases" (IECID), convened in May 2017 in Trieste, Italy, brought together some 120 researchers from more than 20 countri
Facets of clinical stigma after attempted suicide in Mumbai, India (Publications)
Community stigma studies may neglect clinically relevant experience and views of stigma that are important features of mental health problems. After attempting suicide, patients in a hospital emergenc
Nearly complete genome sequence of a novel phlebovirus-like virus detected in a human plasma sample by high-throughput sequencing (Publications)
Here, we report a novel phlebovirus-like virus sequence detected in a plasma sample from a febrile adult patient collected in the United Republic of Tanzania in 2014. A nearly complete RNA sequence wa
Glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes followed in a rural African primary care setting - a reality check in the Democratic Republic of... (Publications)
AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess diabetes control in adult patients with type II diabetes and to evaluate its association with socio-economic characteristics in rural the Democratic Republic