Travelers with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: are they different? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) increasingly benefit from improved health due to new therapeutic regimens allowing increasing numbers of such patients to travel
In Tanzania, the many costs of pay-for-performance leave open to debate whether the strategy is cost-effective (Publications)
Pay-for-performance programs in health care are widespread in low- and middle-income countries. However, there are no studies of these programs' costs or cost-effectiveness. We conducted a cost-effect
Activities of N,N' -diarylurea MMV665852 analogs against <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
There is an unmet need to discover and develop novel antischistosomal drugs. As exemplified by MMV665852, N,N'-diarylureas have recently emerged as a promising antischistosomal chemotype. In this stud
Investing in justice: ethics, evidence, and the eradication investment cases for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis (Publications)
It has been suggested that initiatives to eradicate specific communicable diseases need to be informed by eradication investment cases to assess the feasibility, costs, and consequences of eradication
Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission and control: modelling frameworks, lessons learned and future directions (Publications)
Mathematical modelling provides a useful tool for policy making and planning in lymphatic filariasis control programmes, by providing trend forecasts based on sound scientific knowledge and principles
Assessing numbers and faces: a prerequisite for improving access to lymphatic filariasis morbidity care (Publications)
Concerted efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis worldwide have registered success; multiple rounds of mass drug administration have led to the interruption of transmission in many previously endem
Actinoallolides A-E, new anti-trypanosomal macrolides, produced by an endophytic actinomycete, <em>Actinoallomurus fulvus</em> MK10-036 (Publications)
Five new anti-trypanosomal macrolides, actinoallolides A-E (1-5), were discovered from the cultured broth of Actinoallomurus fulvus MK10-036. The structures of the actinoallolides, including absolute
In Ivorian school-age children, infection with hookworm does not reduce dietary iron absorption or systemic iron utilization, whereas afebrile... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, parasitic diseases and low bioavailable iron intake are major causes of anemia. Anemia results from inflammation, preventing iron recycling and decreasing dietary ir
LC-MS/MS method for the determinatin of two metabolites of tribendimidine, deacylated amidantel and its acetylated metabolite in plasma, blood and... (Publications)
Tribendimidine has emerged as potential alternative to praziquantel in the treatment of Opisthorchis viverrini infections. To support its clinical development program, a quantitative high performance