Comparing universal kriging and land-use regression for predicting concentrations of gaseous oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for the Multi-Ethnic Study of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies that assess the health effects of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution are used to inform public policy. These studies rely on exposure models that use data
Reinfection with <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> following school-based chemotherapy with praziquantel in four highly endemic villages in Côte... (Publications)
We present the comparative evaluation of school-based chemotherapy with praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium reinfection patterns, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after systematic treatment of schoolchildr
Impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on VCT in a rural hospital in Tanzania (Publications)
Summary Objective To evaluate the impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on presentation to HIV care in a rural population in Tanzania. Methods Retrospective analysi
Systems to support health technology assessment (HTA) in member states of the European union with limited institutionalization of HTA (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to support health technology assessment (HTA) capacity building in Member States of the European Union with limited experience or without institutionalized HTA. T
Discovery of novel orally bioavailable oxaborole 6-carboxamides that demonstrate cure in a murine model of late stage central nervous system African... (Publications)
We report the discovery of novel boron-containing molecules, exemplified by N-(1-hydroxy-1,3-dihydrobenzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-6-yl-2-trifluoromethylbenzam ide (AN3520) and 4-Fluoro-N-(1-hydroxy-1,3-dihydr
Bis(oxyphenylene)benzimidazoles: a novel class of anti-<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> agents (Publications)
A small library of 26 2,2'-[alkane-alpha,omega-diylbis(oxyphenylene)]bis-1H-benzimidazoles has been prepared and evaluated against Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Trypanosoma brucei rhode
Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthma (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Experimental data suggest that asthma exacerbation by ambient air pollutants is enhanced by exposure to endotoxin and allergens; however, there is little supporting epidemiologic evidence.
Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel uracil amino acid conjugates for the inhibition of <em>Trypanosoma cruzi </em>dUTPase (Publications)
Potential inhibitors of the Trypanosoma cruzi dUTP nucleotidohydrolase were docked into the enzyme using the program FlexX. Compounds that docked selectively were then selected and synthesized using s
Traffic, susceptibility, and childhood asthma (Publications)
Results from studies of traffic and childhood asthma have been inconsistent, but there has been little systematic evaluation of susceptible subgroups. In this study, we examined the relationship of lo