Schistosomes, snails and climate change: current trends and future expectations (Publications)
The exact impact of climate change on schistosomiasis, a blood-fluke affecting more than 250 million people mainly in tropical and subtropical countries, is currently unknown, but likely to vary with
Cryptococcal meningitis diagnostics and screening in the era of point-of-care laboratory testing (Publications)
Over the past ten years, standard diagnostics for cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected persons have evolved from culture to India ink to detection of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg), with the recent de
Physical inactivity caused economic burden depends on regional cultural differences (Publications)
Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for numerous non-communicable diseases which dominate the overall burden of disease in Switzerland. We aimed to estimate the burden attributable to adult phy
Investigating sulfoxide-to-sulfone conversion as a prodrug strategy for a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinas inhibitor in a humanized mouse model of malaria (Publications)
The in vivo antimalarial efficacies of two PI4K inhibitors, a 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyrazine sulfoxide and its corresponding sulfone metabolite, were evaluated in the NOD-scid IL2Rgamma(null) (NSG) murine
The trypanocidal benzoxaborole AN7973 inhibits trypanosome mRNA processing (Publications)
Kinetoplastid parasites-trypanosomes and leishmanias-infect millions of humans and cause economically devastating diseases of livestock, and the few existing drugs have serious deficiencies. Benzoxabo
Connaissances-attitudes-pratiques des agents de santé humaine et animale sur la rage au Tchad (Publications)
Introduction: Rabies, an infectious disease mainly transmitted by dog bites, is fatal due to lack of appropriate knowledge-attitudes-practices (KAP). The KAP of healthcare providers are particularly i
The burden of disease in Greece, health loss, risk factors, and health financing, 2000-16: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (Publications)
Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of subsequent negative h