CDC light traps underestimate the protective efficacy of an indoor spatial repellent against bites from wild <em>Anopheles arabiensis </em>mosquitoes... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Methods for evaluating efficacy of core malaria interventions in experimental and operational settings are well established but gaps exist for spatial repellents (SR). The objective of this
Winter Symposium 2019 (Page)
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Sokhna Thiam, Swiss TPH, Senegal 11:40 Malaria and Climate Change in West Africa, Richard M’bra Kouassi, Swiss TPH, Cote d’Ivoire Short Film “WHO: TDR - Preventing Malaria and Schistosomiasis due to Climate
Screening open access compound libraries and repurposing drugs to identify and characterize new molecules active against schistosomiasis and other... (Publications)
Far from the baneful impact of the so-called “big three” (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria), schistosomiasis and other worm infections, such as the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) for example, have [...] each, both compiled and provided by the non-profit product development partnership Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). One library, the Pathogen Box, was composed of drug-like molecules with already-known
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease... (Publications)
disease, cerebrovascular disease, lower respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, road injuries, malaria, neonatal preterm birth complications, HIV/AIDS, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neonatal [...] alone, highlighted distinct regional patterns including the greater than expected level of YLLs from malaria and from HIV/AIDS across sub-Saharan Africa; diabetes mellitus, especially in Oceania; interpersonal
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Main CRU Activities Clinical Tuberculosis Research Related Topics Infectious Diseases HIV / AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Related Activities Clinical Trials Preclinical Research Basic Research Latest Publications
Building Capacity to Address Implementation Challenges for Sustainable Access and Delivery of New Vaccines in Ghana (Projects)
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health system that is well equipped, fit for purpose and ready to support the delivery of the new malaria vaccine and other new health technologies. Swiss TPH leads on Workpackage 5 "Knowledge management
Characterization of the interaction network of exported proteins in Plasmodium falciparum (Projects)
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host cell which are the sole cause of morbidity and mortality. P. falciparum, the deadliest form of malaria, exports during its blood cycle over 10% of its proteome into the host cell leading to major host
The Centres for Disease Control light trap (CDC-LT) and the human decoy trap (HDT) compared to the human landing catch (HLC) for measuring... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vector mosquito biting intensity is an important measure to understand malaria transmission. Human landing catch (HLC) is an effective but labour-intensive, expensive, and potentially hazardous
An autoencoder and artificial neural network-based method to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes from near-infrared spectra (Publications)
acquiring blood, they may acquire pathogens, which may cause different diseases in humans such as malaria, zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Therefore, knowing the parity status of mosquitoes is useful in control
The health impacts of climate change and variability in developing countries (Publications)
the distribution and seasonal transmission of several vector-borne infectious diseases (such as malaria and dengue) may be affected by climate change. Altered distribution of some vector species may be