Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Differences in rural and urban settings could account for distinct characteristics in the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB). We comparatively studied epidemiological features of TB and hel
Immunization of malaria pre-exposed volunteers with PfSPZ Vaccine elicits long-lived IgM invasion-inhibitory and complement-fixing antibodies (Publications)
The assessment of antibody responses after immunization with radiation attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) (Sanaria(R) PfSPZ Vaccine) has focused
Mbandakamine-type naphthylisoquinoline dimers and related alkaloids from the central African liana <em>ancistrocladus ealaensis </em>with... (Publications)
Four new dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, michellamine A5 (2) and mbandakamines C-E (4-6), were isolated from the Congolese plant Ancistrocladus ealaensis, along with the known dimer mbandakami
Are public-private partnerships the solution to tackle neglected tropical diseases? A systematic review of the literature (Publications)
Pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to invest in research and development (R&D) of products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) mainly due to the low ability-to-pay of health insurance systems a
Association between air pollution and rhinitis incidence in two European cohorts (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The association between air pollution and rhinitis is not well established. AIM: The aim of this longitudinal analysis was to study the association between modeled air pollution at the sub
Self-nanoemulsifying drug-delivery systems improve oral absorption and antischistosomal activity of epiisopiloturine (Publications)
AIM: To develop a self-nanoemulsifying drug-delivery system (SNEDDS) able to improve oral absorption of epiisopiloturine (EPI), and test the antischistosomal activity in a mice model. RESULTS: SNEDDS