Global epidemiology of yaws: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To achieve yaws eradication, the use of the new WHO strategy of initial mass treatment with azithromycin and surveillance twice a year needs to be extended everywhere the disease occurs. H
Cultural epidemiology of pandemic influenza in urban and rural Pune, India: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To identify and compare sociocultural features of pandemic influenza with reference to illness-related experience, meaning and behaviour in urban and rural areas of India. DESIGN: Cross-sec
Air pollution and mortality in seven million adults: the Dutch Environmental Longitudinal Study (DUELS) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with mortality in urban cohort studies. Few studies have investigated this association in large scale population registries, includi
Background ionizing radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: a census-based nationwide cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to medium or high doses of ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer in children. The extent to which low-dose radiation from natural sources contributes to the risk of
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Achillea ptarmica</em> (Asteraceae) and its main alkamide constituents (Publications)
In the course of our ongoing screening of plants of the family Asteraceae for antiprotozoal activity, a CH2Cl2-extract from the flowering aerial parts of Achillea ptarmica L. (sneezewort yarrow) was f
Novel <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex isolate from a wild chimpanzee (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by gram-positive bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MTBC include several human-associated lineages and several variants adapted to domestic an
Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's
Near-roadway pollution and childhood asthma: implications for developing "win-win" compact urban development and clean vehicle strategies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhou
Eleganolone, a Diterpene from the French marine alga <em>Bifurcaria bifurcata</em> inhibits growth of the human pathogens <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>... (Publications)
Organic extracts of 20 species of French seaweed have been screened against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypomastigotes, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness. These extracts have previous
Neglected tropical diseases: diagnosis, clinical management, treatment and control (Publications)
Branded in 2005, "neglected tropical diseases" have gained traction in terms of advocacy, interest for research, enhanced funding and political will for their control and eventual elimination. Startin
