The global burden of disease due to outdoor air pollution (Publications)
As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was estimated in terms of deaths
Determining important parameters in the spread of malaria through the sensitivity analysis of a mathematical model (Publications)
We perform sensitivity analyses on a mathematical model of malaria transmission to determine the relative importance of model parameters to disease transmission and prevalence. We compile two sets of
Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants: a decision-support tool for sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To develop a decision-support tool to help policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa assess whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) would be effective for local malaria contro
Manadoperoxides, a new class of potent antitrypanosomal agents of marine origin (Publications)
Chemical investigation of the marine sponge Plakortis cfr. lita afforded a library of endoperoxyketal polyketides, manadoperoxides B-K (3-5 and 7-13) and peroxyplakoric esters B(3) (6) and C (14). Eig
Anti-inflammatory and antimalarial meroterpenoids from the New Zealand ascidian <em>Aplidium scabellum</em> (Publications)
Bioassay-directed fractionation of an extract of the New Zealand ascidian Aplidium scabellum has afforded the anti-inflammatory secondary metabolite 2-geranyl-6-methoxy-1,4-hydroquinone-4-sulfate (1)