Community health outreach program of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project (Publications)
A critical appraisal has been presented of the CHOP for a large-scale energy infrastructure development project that was implemented in two of the world's poorest countries. The project is under close
Rabies postexposure prophylaxis in routine practice in view of the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization... (Publications)
BackgroundNew recommendations for rabies PEP were published by the CDC and the WHO in 2010.We investigated the adequacy of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of patients consulting our travel clin
First case of ivermectin-induced severe hepatitis (Publications)
Loiasis, caused by the filarial parasite Loa loa, is endemic in West and Central Africa. Ivermectin has been shown to be an effective treatment of loiasis. We report the case of a 20-year-old woman or
Self-reported TV and computer time do not represent accelerometer-derived total sedentary time in 10 to 12-year-olds (Publications)
Screen-time activities are often used as proxies for sedentary time. We studied associations of self-reported television (TV), computer and total screen-time with accelerometer-derived total sedentary
Short-term effects of air pollution on total and cardiovascular mortality: the confounding effect of influenza epidemics (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Air pollution is associated with total mortality. This association may be confounded by uncontrolled time-varying risk factors such as influenza epidemics. METHODS: We analyzed independent
The spiroindolone drug candidate NITD609 potently inhibits gametocytogenesis and blocks <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> transmission to Anopheles... (Publications)
The global malaria agenda has undergone a reorientation from control of clinical cases to entirely eradicating malaria. For that purpose, a key objective is blocking transmission of malaria parasites
Comparison of novel and existing tools for studying drug sensitivity against the hookworm <em>Ancylostoma ceylanicum in vitro</em> (Publications)
SUMMARYThe motility assay is the current gold standard for evaluating drug effects on hookworm larvae and adults, however, among other drawbacks the assay is time consuming, and prone to individual su
Lagunamides A and B: cytotoxic and antimalarial cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium <em>Lyngbya majuscula</em> (Publications)
Lagunamides A (1) and B (2) are new cyclic depsipeptides isolated from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula obtained from Pulau Hantu Besar, Singapore. The planar structural characterization of