<em>Vivax </em>malaria in pregnancy and lactation: a long way to health equity (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) call for increased gender equity and reduction in malaria-related mortality and morbidity. Plasmodium vivax infections in pregnancy are associated w
qRT-PCR versus IFA-based quantification of male and female gametocytes in low-density <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections and their relevance... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Accurate quantification of female and male gametocytes and sex ratios in asymptomatic low-density malaria infections are important for assessing their transmission potential. Gametocytes o
Dietary magnesium, vitamin D, and animal protein intake and their association to the linear growth trajectory of children from birth to 24 months of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests lack of understanding of the association of specific nutrients with different time points of linear growth trajectory. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the role of dietary macr
Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018 (Publications)
background: Inequalities in early childhood development(ECD) tend to persist into adulthood and amplify across the life course. To date, little research on inequalities in early childhood care and dev
Immune system development varies according to age, location, and anemia in African children (Publications)
Children from low- and middle-income countries, where there is a high incidence of infectious disease, have the greatest need for the protection afforded by vaccination, but vaccines often show reduce
A genome-wide association study on medulloblastoma (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Medulloblastoma is a malignant embryonal tumor of the cerebellum that occurs predominantly in children. To find germline genetic variants associated with medulloblastoma risk, we conduct
Phototemtide A, a cyclic lipopeptide heterologously expressed from<em> Photorhabdus temperata </em>Meg1, shows selective antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
A new cyclic lipopeptide, phototemtide A (1), was isolated from Escherichia coli expressing the biosynthetic gene cluster pttABC from Photorhabdus temperata Meg1. The structure of 1 was elucidated by
Preclinical antimalarial combination study of M5717, a <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> elongation factor 2 inhibitor, and pyronaridine, a hemozoin... (Publications)
Antimalarial drug resistance in the Plasmodium falciparum parasite poses a constant challenge for drug development. To mitigate this risk, new antimalarial medicines should be developed as fixed-dose