Case report: two cases of cholangiocarcinoma in patients with <em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection in Western Siberia, Russian Federation (Publications)
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer with high mortality owing to its aggressiveness and resistance to therapy. The liver flukes of the Opisthorchiidae family have been recognized as risk factors of C
Safety and immunogenicity of tetanus/diphtheria vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases - a prospective multi-centre cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a diphtheria/tetanus vaccine booster dose in three different patient groups with rheumatic diseases on a variety of immunosuppressive/im
Combining mechanochemistry and spray congealing for new praziquantel pediatric formulations in schistosomiasis treatment (Publications)
Praziquantel (PZQ) is the first line drug for the treatment of schistosome infections and is included in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children. In this study, the association of mecha
Knowledge and practices of mothers and caregivers on diarrhoeal management among under 5-year-old children in a medium-size town of Senegal (Publications)
In 2016, about one out of 10 children in sub-Saharan Africa died due to diarrhoea, causing an estimated burden of 25 million disability-adjusted life years. A prominent cause of death is dehydration l
The discovery of helminth life cycles (Publications)
The origin of worms, which were occasionally excreted by some individuals, has left humans wondering for centuries. The story of the gradual discovery of the life cycles of the parasitic helminths is
Trends in reported malaria cases and the effects of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Considerable upscaling of malaria control efforts have taken place over the last 15 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country with the second highest malaria case load after N
Predicted temperature-increase-induced global health burden and its regional variability (Publications)
An increase in the global health burden of temperature was projected for 459 locations in 28 countries worldwide under four representative concentration pathway scenarios until 2099. We determined tha