Maximizing microscopy as a diagnostic tool in peripheral health centres of BU endemic areas in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a skin condition caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans) is endemic in remote rural areas. Disease diagnosis on clinical basis alone can be misleading, re
Dipeptidyl enoates as potent rhodesain inhibitors that display a dual mode of action [Communication] (Publications)
Dipeptidyl enoates were prepared through a high-yielding two-step synthetic route. They have a dipeptidic structure with a 4-oxoenoate moiety as a warhead with multiple reactive sites. Dipeptidyl enoa
Soudanones A-G: antifungal isochromanones from the ascomycetous fungus <em>Cadophora</em> sp. isolated from an iron mine (Publications)
One new isochromane (pseudoanguillosporin C, 2), seven isochromanones (soudanones A-G, 3-9), and six known analogues including 10 and 11 were isolated from a culture of the fungus Cadophora sp. 10-5-2
<em>In vivo</em> biosynthesis of terpene nucleosides provides unique chemical markers of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> infection (Publications)
Although small molecules shed from pathogens are widely used to diagnose infection, such tests have not been widely implemented for tuberculosis. Here we show that the recently identified compound, 1-
Host-directed therapies for tackling multi-drug resistant TB - learning from the Pasteur-Bechamp debates (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually. For several decades the major focus of TB treatment has been on antibiotic development targeting Mycobact
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national he
Safety and immunogenicity of a candidate bioconjugate vaccine against <em>Shigella dysenteriae</em> type 1 administered to healthy adults: a single... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Shigellae cause severe disease in endemic countries, especially in children. Several efficacy trials have been conducted with candidate vaccines against Shigellae, but the lack of protecti
Acute schistosomiasis: a risk underestimated by travelers and a diagnosis frequently missed by general practioners - a cluster analysis of 42... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2011, a patient was admitted to our hospital with acute schistosomiasis after having returned from Madagascar and having bathed at the Lily waterfalls. On the basis of this patient's in
Contemporary and emerging strategies for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis due to <em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei gambiense</em> (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To review current and emerging tools for Gambiense HAT control and elimination, and propose strategies that integrate these tools with epidemiological evidence. METHODS: We reviewed the sc
Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether regional differences in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) existed along language boundaries within Switzerland and whether potential differences would