"It Is a Race Against Time." An Interview with Claudia Daubenberger on Establishing a Diagnostic Lab for Sars-CoV-2 in Equatorial Guinea (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/it-is-a-race-against-time-an-interview-with-claudia-daubenberger-on-establishing-a-diagnostic-lab-for-sars-cov-2-in-equatorial-guinea
years. We have established one of the best-equipped laboratories in the region in order to conduct malaria vaccination research with our governmental partners, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Sanaria [...] The laboratory was set up with the sole purpose to conduct epidemiological and clinical studies on malaria, and our plan was to develop it into a national reference laboratory within the next few years. However [...] been interrupted. This is devastating for population health, also when it...
Alterations in T cell subsets in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults with co-infections in southern Mozambique (Publications)
viruses I and II [HTLV-I/II], Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus [KSHV], Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and tuberculosis), and levels of activated CD8 and CD4 T cell subsets as well as naive and memory
Characterization of the small exported <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> membrane protein SEMP1 (Publications)
Survival and virulence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum during the blood stage of infection critically depend on extensive host cell refurbishments mediated through export of numerous
Morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with... (Publications)
chronically evolved morbidity and/or that other interacting factors were involved, e.g. malnutrition and malaria. At 1-year follow-up, ACR scores showed an overall trend of regression towards the mean, potentially
Key contributions by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute towards new and better drugs for tropical diseases (Publications)
clonorchiasis, fascioliasis and opisthorchiasis), human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, malaria, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and tuberculosis. In this article, we show case
Phase III study to compare intravenous with oral iron to treat iron deficiency anaemia (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/phase-iii-study-to-compare-intravenous-with-oral-iron-to-treat-iron-deficiency-anaemia
supply, different perception of medication needs and compliance as well as concomitant diseases like malaria, soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis or HIV. All these factors may influence the efficacy
Cytochrome P450/ABC transporter inhibition simultaneously enhances ivermectin pharmacokinetics in the mammal host and pharmacodynamics in... (Publications)
drugs that kill blood-feeding arthropods, has been proposed as a complementary strategy to reduce malaria transmission. Ivermectin is one of the leading candidates given its excellent safety profile. Here
Diagnosis of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection using ParaSight(R)-F test in blood and urine of Papua New Guinean children (Publications)
Rapid, simple, accurate and cheap methods are required for the diagnosis of malaria in endemic areas. The ParaSight(R)-F test, which is based on qualitative detection by monoclonal antibody of the Plasmodium
CRISPR-Cas9-modified <em>pfmdr1</em> protects <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>asexual blood stages and gametocytes against a class of... (Publications)
Emerging resistance to first-line antimalarial combination therapies threatens malaria treatment and the global elimination campaign. Improved therapeutic strategies are required to protect existing drugs
Monitoring of selected health indicators in children living in a copper mine development area in northwestern Zambia (Publications)
The epidemiology of malaria, anaemia and malnutrition in children is potentially altered in mining development areas. In a copper extraction project in northwestern Zambia, a health impact assessment (HIA)