Analysis of potential household transmission events of tuberculosis in the city of Belem, Brazil (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease with a higher risk for infection and disease among household contacts (HHC). Here, we report a molecular epidemiology-based approach to study disease transmi
Seroprevalence and herd-level risk factors for seroprevalence of <em>Leptospira</em> spp. in sheep, beef cattle and deer in New Zealand (Publications)
AIMS To determine seroprevalence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo and L. interrogans serovar Pomona in beef cattle, sheep and deer in New Zealand and the association between farm-level risk
Transportation noise exposure, noise annoyance and respiratory health in adults: a repeated-measures study (Publications)
Transportation noise leads to sleep disturbance and to psychological and physiological sustained stress reactions, which could impact respiratory health. However, epidemiologic evidence on association
Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ongoing epidemiological transitions across Africa are particularly evident in fast-growing towns, such as Ifakara in the Kilombero valley, south-eastern Tanzania. This town and its environ
Comparative pan-genomic analyses of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi </em>reveal an exceptional model of bacterial evolution driving genomic diversity (Publications)
Orientia tsutsugamushi, formerly Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes scrub typhus, an underdiagnosed acute febrile disease with high morbidity. Scrub typhus is
Precursor-directed diversification of cyclic tetrapeptidic pseudoxylallemycins (Publications)
Cyclic peptides containing non-proteinogenic amino acids often exhibit a broad bioactivity spectrum and many have entered clinical trials with good prospects for drug development. We recently reported
Rhabdopeptide/Xenortide-like peptides from <em>Xenorhabdus innexi </em>with terminal amines showing potent antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Seven new rhabdopeptide/xenortide-like peptides (RXPs) (1-7) with putrescine or ammonia as the C-terminal amines were isolated from Xenorhabdus innexi DSM 16336. Their chemical structures were elucida