Effects of smoking bans on passive smoking exposure at work and at home. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (Publications)
This longitudinal study investigated whether smoking bans influence passive smoking at work and/or at home in the same subjects. Passive smoking at work and/or at home was investigated in random popul
Highly heterogeneous residual malaria risk in western Thailand (Publications)
Over the past decades, the malaria burden in Thailand has substantially declined. Most infections now originate from the national border regions. In these areas, the prevalence of asymptomatic infecti
Revised interpretation of the Hain Lifescience GenoType MTBC to differentiate <em>Mycobacterium canettii </em>and members of the <em>M. tuberculosis... (Publications)
Using 894 phylogenetically diverse genomes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), we simulated in silico the ability of the Hain Lifescience GenoType MTBC to differentiate the causative age
Malaria standby emergency treatment (SBET) for travelers visiting malaria endemic areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
Malaria prevention methods for travelers to low or moderate malaria risk areas varies and remains controversial. Standby Emergency Treatment (SBET) for malaria is one possible strategy increasingly re
A prospective study on the impact and out-of-pocket costs of dengue illness in international travelers (Publications)
Although the costs of dengue illness to patients and households have been extensively studied in endemic populations, international travelers have not been the focus of costing studies. As globalizati
A path to cooperation between China and Mongolia towards the control of echinococcosis under the Belt and Road Initiative (Publications)
Health is the core of development. Health cooperation between countries plays a pivotal role under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative. In 2013, China launched its Belt and Road Initiative to improve the i
Ivermectin dosing strategy to achieve equivalent exposure coverage in children and adults (Publications)
Ivermectin is a commonly-used broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug, yet doses that produce consistent exposure coverage across age have not been characterized and no data are available in children
Novel 1-methyl-1 <em>H</em>-pyrazole-5-carboxamide derivatives with potent anthelmintic activity (Publications)
A phenotypic screen of two different libraries of small molecules against the motility and development of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus led to the identification of two 1-methyl-1 H-pyra