A mathematical model of animal-human brucellosis transmission in Armenia: implications for prevention and control (Publications)
Brucellosis, a zoonotic disease impacting public health and economies, is prevalent in several countries, particularly low- and middle-income regions. This study centers on Armenia, where the Veterina
Considerations and expectations for the administration of dispersible arpraziquantel to young children: a landscape analysis (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a serious public health problem in many African countries and beyond. Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is a successful public health intervention that is recommended for al
Ensuring Africa's food security by 2050: the role of population growth, climate-resilient strategies, and putative pathways to resilience (Publications)
Africa is grappling with severe food security challenges driven by population growth, climate change, land degradation, water scarcity, and socio-economic factors such as poverty and inequality. Clima
The interspecific competition between larvae of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and major african malaria vectors in a semi-field system in Tanzania (Publications)
Interspecific competition between mosquito larvae may affects adult vectorial capacity, potentially reducing disease transmission. It also influences population dynamics, and cannibalistic and predato
Lung function-associated exposome profile in the era of climate change: pooled analysis of 8 population-based European cohorts within the EXPANSE... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The independent and interrelated long-term effects of the exposome such as air pollution, greenness, and ambient temperature on lung function are not well understood, yet relevant in the l
The developmental lipidome of <em>Nippostrongylus brasiliensis</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nippostrongylus brasiliensis-a nematode of rodents-is commonly used as a model to study the immunobiology of parasitic nematodes. It is a member of the Strongylida-a large order of socioec
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Artemisia</em> species (Publications)
Praziquantel is currently the only effective treatment for schistosomiasis, but several limitations underscore the need for new therapeutic agents. Recent promising in vitro results with Artemisia spe
The influence of genotype on the natural history of types 1 - 3 spinal muscular atrophy (Publications)
The severity of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is inversely correlated with the number of survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2) copies an individual has. This observational, retrospective analysis of natur
Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Under stress, bacteria display selective growth propensities on solid and liquid media. For Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), differentially culturable bacteria have been found in tuberculosis (TB) pa