Maximizing microscopy as a diagnostic tool in peripheral health centres of BU endemic areas in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a skin condition caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans) is endemic in remote rural areas. Disease diagnosis on clinical basis alone can be misleading, re
Dipeptidyl enoates as potent rhodesain inhibitors that display a dual mode of action [Communication] (Publications)
Dipeptidyl enoates were prepared through a high-yielding two-step synthetic route. They have a dipeptidic structure with a 4-oxoenoate moiety as a warhead with multiple reactive sites. Dipeptidyl enoa
A Mitogen-activated protein kinase controls differentiation of bloodstream forms of <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
African trypanosomes undergo differentiation in order to adapt to the mammalian host and the tsetse fly vector. To characterize the role of a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase homologue, TbMAPK5,
Emergence of Zaire ebola virus disease in Guinea - preliminary report (Publications)
In March 2014, the World Health Organization was notified of an outbreak of a communicable disease characterized by fever, severe diarrhea, vomiting, and a high fatality rate in Guinea. Virologic inve
Association between different domains of physical activity and markers of inflammation (Publications)
PURPOSE: Physical activity has recently been established as a potential modifier of the inflammatory process, suggesting that it mitigates inflammation and consequently reduces the incidence of severa
Health impact assessment of air pollution in Shiraz, Iran: a two-part study (Publications)
We aimed to assess health-impacts of short-term exposure to the air pollutants including PM10, SO2, and NO2 in Shiraz, Iran in a two-part study from 2008 to 2010. In part I, local relative risks (RRs)