2-Octadecynoic acid as a dual life stage inhibitor of <em>Plasmodium</em> infections and plasmodial FAS-II enzymes (Publications)
The malaria parasite Plasmodium goes through two life stages in the human host, a non-symptomatic liver stage (LS) followed by a blood stage with all clinical manifestation of the disease. In this study
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: common drugs for treatment and control (Publications)
More than 2 billion people are infected worldwide and the disease burden might approach that of malaria. Recognising the enormous public health significance of schistosomiasis and STH, particularly among
A generic schema and data collection forms applicable to diverse entomological studies of mosquitoes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Standardized schemas, databases, and public data repositories are needed for the studies of malaria vectors that encompass a remarkably diverse array of designs and rapidly generate large data volumes
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Buxus sempervirens</em> and activity-guided isolation of <em>O</em>-tigloylcyclovirobuxeine-B as the main constituent... (Publications)
Buxus sempervirens L. (European Box, Buxaceae) has been used in ethnomedicine to treat malaria. In the course of our screening of plant extracts for antiprotozoal activity, a CH2Cl2 extract from leaves
Diagnosis of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection using ParaSight(R)-F test in blood and urine of Papua New Guinean children (Publications)
Rapid, simple, accurate and cheap methods are required for the diagnosis of malaria in endemic areas. The ParaSight(R)-F test, which is based on qualitative detection by monoclonal antibody of the Plasmodium
Immune system development varies according to age, location, and anemia in African children (Publications)
Mozambique by detailed immunophenotyping of longitudinal blood samples collected during the RTS,S malaria vaccine phase 3 trial. In these cohorts, the composition of the immune system is dynamically transformed
The cost-effectiveness of permethrin impregnated bednets in preventing child mortality in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana (Publications)
bednets are now being widely promoted as an effective means of protecting African children against malaria, but there is little evidence of their cost-effectiveness. The impact on child mortality of introducing
Drug repurposing in the chemotherapy of infectious diseases (Publications)
attack that are divergent share common ancestry (e.g., prokaryotic targets in the apicoplast of malaria parasites), whereas those that are convergent arise from a shared lifestyle (e.g., the susceptibility
Climate Change and Health (News)
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as heat stress, climate change also impacts on diseases that are transmitted by vectors such as malaria or results in crop failure and thus malnutrition. Poor people more affected Poor people are particularly
Turmhaus-Talks - Die Vortragsreihe für gesundes Reisen und Leben (Page)
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Tropenreise – Was tun? Dr. med. Esther Künzli erklärt die Ursachen und das richtige Verhalten bei Malaria, Dengue, Typhus und anderen fieberhaften Erkrankungen. PD Dr. med. Esther Künzli Co-Leiterin des