The PHIST protein GEXP02 targets the host cytoskeleton during sexual development of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
A hallmark of the biology of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage parasites is their extensive host cell remodeling, facilitated by parasite proteins that are exported into the erythrocyte. Although this
Methods and data needs to assess health impacts of chemicals in industrial contaminated sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: human exposure to mixtures of chemicals of toxicological interest, typically found in industrial contaminated sites (ICSs), has been associated with a broad range of different health outco
Interventional cardiac catheterization predictors at Al-Arabi Heart Center in Palestine in 2017 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cardiac catheterization is performed for both therapeutic and diagnostic reasons, in which the outcome may vary from only medical treatment to the need of percutaneous coronary interventio
Does the oxidative stress play a role in the associations between outdoor air pollution and persistent asthma in adults? Findings from the EGEA study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidences that oxidative stress plays a role in the associations between outdoor air pollution and asthma are growing. We aimed to study the role of plasma fluorescent oxidation products l
Mass campaigns combining antimalarial drugs and anti-infective vaccines as seasonal interventions for malaria control, elimination and prevention of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The only licensed malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, has been developed for morbidity-control in young children. The potential impact on transmission of deploying such anti-infective vaccines to
Protecting migratory farmers in rural Tanzania using eave ribbons treated with the spatial mosquito repellent, transfluthrin (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many subsistence farmers in rural southeastern Tanzania regularly relocate to distant farms in river valleys to tend to crops for several weeks or months each year. While there, they live
A vision to strengthen resources and capacity of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative assessment (Publications)
Abstract Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a global strategy to build a robust Health Research System Resources and Infrastructural Capacity (HRSRIC). Despite the growing resear
Good health and well-being – framing targets to maximise co-benefits for forests and people (Publications)
SDG3, Health and Wellbeing for All, depends on many other SDGs but there are also potential conflicts and trade-offs. In this chapter, ee stress the importance of forests to global health and well-bei
Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network... (Publications)
Intestinal parasites affect millions of children globally. We aimed to assess effects of deworming children on nutritional and cognitive outcomes across potential effect modifiers using individual par
