Field issues related to effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania (Publications)
impregnated with pyrethroid insecticides have become one of the most promising interventions to prevent malaria in highly endemic areas. Despite the large body of experience documenting their health impact and
Research and development of antischistosomal drugs in the People's Republic of China a 60-year review (Publications)
in vivo activities against S. japonicum. In the 1990s, the artemisinins-originally reserved for malaria treatment-were developed as 'chemoprophylactic' agents against S. japonicum, which in turn led to
Surveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases: summary of a thematic series in Infectious Diseases of Poverty (Publications)
virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), H7N9 avian influenza, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), rabies, schistosomiasis and tuberculosis (TB). There are
Induction of parasite growth-inhibitory antibodies by a virosomal formulation of a peptidomimetic of loop I from domain III of <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) of Plasmodium falciparum is a leading candidate antigen for inclusion in a malaria subunit vaccine. Its ectodomain can be divided into three subdomains, each with disulfide bond-stabilized
Spatial dispersion and characterisation of mosquito breeding habitats in urban vegetable-production areas of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
consequently, to increased transmission of malarial parasites. If targeted interventions against malaria vectors are to be successful in urban areas, the habitats that support Anopheles breeding need to
Important helminth infections in Southeast Asia diversity, potential for control and prospects for elimination (Publications)
Besides the 'big three'-HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis-there are a host of diseases that, by comparison, are truly neglected. These so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), many of which caused
Defining health research for development: the perspective of stakeholders from an international health research partnership in Ghana and Tanzania (Publications)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, Vaccine Developer) and the global health nonprofit organisation PATH and its Malaria Vaccine Initiative program (PATH/MVI, Funder-Development Partner), (RTS, S) (NCT00866619). The r
Evaluation and forecasting analysis of the association of conditional cash transfer with child mortality in Latin America, 2000-2030 (Publications)
1000 live births), overall and by poverty-related causes (diarrheal, malnutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, lower respiratory tract infections, and HIV/AIDS), and the mortality rates for those younger than
Oral fexinidazole for stage 1 or early stage 2 African <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> trypanosomiasis: a prospective, multicentre, open-label,... (Publications)
Fridericia's formula of at least 450 ms, and patients not tested for malaria or not having received appropriate treatment for malaria or for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Patients were classified into
Neue Erkenntnisse zum Immunsystem bei Kindern könnte Impfstoffwirksamkeit verbessern (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/neue-erkenntnisse-zum-immunsystem-bei-kindern-koennte-impfstoffwirksamkeit-verbessern
Immunisierung von Kindern existieren immer noch viele Infektionskrankheiten, wie beispielsweise Malaria, für die es bislang keine Impfung gibt. Realisiert könnte dies durch eine Kombination aus innovativen