Early antischistosomal leads identified from<em> in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> screening of the Medicines for Malaria Venture pathogen box (Publications)
As part of the control and elimination strategy of human schistosomiasis, preventive chemotherapy relies on a single drug, praziquantel. Facing an almost dry drug development pipeline, screening the P
Effect of a multidimensional physical activity intervention on body mass index, skinfolds and fitness in South African children: results from a... (Publications)
Obesity-related conditions impose a considerable and growing burden on low- and middle-income countries, including South Africa. We aimed to assess the effect of twice a 10-week multidimensional, scho
Estimation of daily PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Italy, 2013-2015, using a spatiotemporal land-use random-forest model (Publications)
Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is one of the major causes of death worldwide, with demonstrated adverse effects from both short-term and long-term exposure. Most of the epidemiological studies
Molecular monitoring of the diversity of human pathogenic malaria species in blood donations on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria can be transmitted by blood transfusion from human to human and it is responsible for the majority of transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa,
Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The present study investigates the relationship between night-time screen-based media devices (SBMD) use, which refers to use within 1h before sleep, in both lit and dark rooms, and sleep o
Qualitative analysis of cultural formulation interview: findings and implications for revising the outline for cultural formulation (Publications)
The DSM-IV Outline for Cultural Formulation (OCF) was a framework for assessment based on principles of cultural psychiatry. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) for DSM-5 provided a tool enabling
Single-dose tafenoquine to prevent relapse of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> malaria (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria requires the clearing of asexual parasites, but relapse can be prevented only if dormant hypnozoites are cleared from the liver (a treatment termed "r
Structure–activity relationship studies and <em>Plasmodium</em> life cycle profiling identifies pan-active N-aryl-3-trifluoromethyl... (Publications)
Structure-activity relationship studies involving N-aryl-3-trifluoromethyl pyrido[1,2-a] benzimidazoles (PBI) identified several compounds possessing potent in vitro activities against the asexual blo
