Evaluation of the fluorescence polarization assay as a rapid on-spot test for ruminant brucellosis in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Brucellosis is a zoonosis of economic and public health concern. While most diagnostic tests for brucellosis can only be performed in the laboratory, the Fluorescence Polarization Assay (FPA) was deve
Rabies knowledge and practices among human and veterinary health workers in Chad (Publications)
To prevent human rabies deaths close communication between the veterinary and human health sector is needed for timely and adequate treatment after a bite exposure. Good practice treatment and efficie
PCR correction strategies for malaria drug trials: updates and clarifications (Publications)
Malaria drug trials conducted in endemic areas face a major challenge in their analysis because it is difficult to establish whether parasitaemia in blood samples collected after treatment indicate dr
Inequalities in the benefits of national health insurance on financial protection from out-of-pocket payments and access to health services:... (Publications)
A central pillar of universal health coverage (UHC) is to achieve financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. There are concerns, however, that national health insurance programmes with
Thermal field formation during wIRA-hyperthermia: temperature measurements in skin and subcutis of piglets as a basis for thermotherapy of superficial... (Publications)
Purpose: The temporal and spatial formation of the temperature field and its changes during/upon water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA)-irradiation in porcine skin and subcutis were investigated in vivo in
Antimalarial pantothenamide metabolites target acetyl-coenzyme A biosynthesis in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Malaria eradication is critically dependent on new therapeutics that target resistant Plasmodium parasites and block transmission of the disease. Here, we report that pantothenamide bioisosteres were
A comparison of linear regression, regularization, and machine learning algorithms to develop Europe-wide spatial models of fine particles and... (Publications)
Empirical spatial air pollution models have been applied extensively to assess exposure in epidemiological studies with increasingly sophisticated and complex statistical algorithms beyond ordinary li
Prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution and emotional and aggressive symptoms in children from 8 European birth cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The association between air pollution exposure and emotional and behavioural problems in children is unclear. We aimed to assess prenatal and postnatal exposure to several air pollutants a
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is a neglected soil-transmitted helminth that occurs worldwide, though it is particularly endemic in tropical and subtropical areas. It can cause long-lasting and