African tick-bite fever: a new entity in the differential diagnosis of multiple eschars in travelers. Description of five cases imported from South... (Publications)
African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is a newly described spotted fever rickettsiosis that frequently presents with multiple eschars in travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa and, to a lesser extent, f
Children's personal exposure measurements to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in Italy (Publications)
Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) exposure is still a topic of concern due to their possible impact on children's health. Although epidemiological studies claimed an evidence of a poss
Anti-protozoal activities of cembrane-type diterpenes from Vietnamese soft corals (Publications)
Based on our previous finding that certain cembranoid diterpenes possess selective toxicity against protozoan pathogens of tropical diseases such as Trypanosoma and Plasmodium, we have subjected a ser
Factors affecting adoption, implementation fidelity, and sustainability of the redesigned community health fund in Tanzania: a mixed methods protocol... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite the implementation of various initiatives to address low enrollment in voluntary micro health insurance (MHI) schemes in sub-Saharan Africa, the problem of low enrollment remains u
A qualitative appraisal of stakeholder reactions to a tool for burden of disease-based health system budgeting in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Ghana Health Service launched a program of cooperation with the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare that was designed to adapt Tanzania's PLANREP budgeting and repo
Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Like many countries in Southeast Asia, Vietnam's rapid population and economic growth has met challenges in infrastructure development, especially sanitation in rural areas. OBJECTIVE: As
The contribution of spatial analysis to understanding HIV/TB mortality in children: a structural equation modelling approach (Publications)
Background: South Africa accounts for more than a sixth of the global population of people infected with HIV and TB, ranking her highest in HIV/TB co-infection worldwide. Remote areas often bear the g
Chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 locus is the genetic basis of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in clinical<em> Trypanosoma</em> <em>brucei... (Publications)
Aquaglyceroporin-2 is a known determinant of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in Trypanosoma brucei brucei laboratory strains. Recently, chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 tandem locus was describ
Annoyance caused by noise and air pollution during pregnancy: associated factors and correlation with outdoor NO2 and benzene estimations (Publications)
This study aimed to describe the degree of annoyance among pregnant women in a Spanish cohort and to examine associations with proximity to traffic, NO2 and benzene exposure. We included 2457 particip