LeishMan recommendations for treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in travelers, 2014 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) in travelers is still controversial. Over the last decade, national and international consortia have published reco
A household-based study of acute viral respiratory illnesses in Andean children (Publications)
BACKGROUND.: Few community studies have measured the incidence, severity, and etiology of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among children living at high-altitude in remote rural settings. METHODS.: We
Balgacyclamides, antiplasmodial heterocyclic peptides from <em>Microcystis aeruguinosa</em> EAWAG 251 (Publications)
The isolation and structural characterization of three new heterocyclic and macrocyclic peptides, balgacyclamides A-C, from Microcystis aeruginosa EAWAG 251 are reported. The constitutions were determ
B-type natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Postoperative cardiac complications pose a substantial risk to patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. METHODS: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was determined preoperativel
Predictive risk mapping of schistosomiasis in Brazil using Bayesian geostatistical models (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in tropical and subtropical areas, including Brazil. A national control programme has been instigated in Brazil in the mid-1970s and proved
Priorities for research on meningococcal disease and the impact of serogroup A vaccination in the African meningitis belt (Publications)
For over 100 years, large epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have occurred every few years in areas of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel known as the African meningitis belt. Until recently, the main
Targeting <em>Plasmodium</em> PI(4)K to eliminate malaria (Publications)
Achieving the goal of malaria elimination will depend on targeting Plasmodium pathways essential across all life stages. Here we identify a lipid kinase, phosphatidylinositol-4-OH kinase (PI(4)K), as
Cross-reactive immune response elicited by parenteral Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine against non-typhoid <em>Salmonellae</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite 155000 deaths and over 90 million cases - and the current emergence of antimicrobial resistance - no vaccines are available against non-typhoid Salmonellae (NTS). We recently prese