Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ongoing epidemiological transitions across Africa are particularly evident in fast-growing towns, such as Ifakara in the Kilombero valley, south-eastern Tanzania. This town and its environ
Import of community-associated, methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> to Europe through skin and soft tissue infection in... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Recently, following import by travel and migration, epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has caused nosocomial outbreaks in Europe, sometimes
Antiprotozoal activities of tetrazole-quinolines with aminopiperidine linker (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) and Malaria both are insect vectored tropical diseases. Only a couple of drugs is able to cure HAT, but all of them are toxic, prone
Safety profile of fractional dosing of the 17DD yellow fever vaccine among males and females: experience of a community-based pharmacovigilance in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In early 2016, there was a Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in Central Africa with several deaths reported from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to a shortage in vaccine supply,
Performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine cassette test for follow-up after treatment of<em> S. mansoni... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine cassette testing has become a popular approach to screen for Schistosoma infection. Since the test is also increasingly used for
