Structure-activity relationship studies on the macrolide exotoxin mycolactone of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mycolactones are a family of polyketide-derived macrolide exotoxins produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the chronic necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer. The toxin
Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Minority groups have a lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL), but there is little information if this finding also applies to children. In this study, we compared HRQOL between youn
Analysing and recommending options for maintaining universal coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets: the case of Tanzania in 2011 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tanzania achieved universal coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in October 2011, after three years of free mass net distribution campaigns and is now faced with the challe
A large scale gene-centric association study of lung function in newly-hired female cotton textile workers with endotoxin exposure (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Occupational exposure to endotoxin is associated with decrements in pulmonary function, but how much variation in this association is explained by genetic variants is not well understood.
Malaria surveillance-response strategies in different transmission zones of the People's Republic of China: preparing for climate change (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A sound understanding of malaria transmission patterns in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China) is crucial for designing effective surveillance-response strategies that can
Towards malaria elimination: a new thematic series (Publications)
ABSTRACT: The launch of a new thematic series of Malaria Journal -- "Towards malaria elimination" -- creates the forum that allows carrying scientific evidence on how to achieve malaria elimination in
Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: Using supply chain management to appraise health systems strengthening (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Strengthened national health systems are necessary for effective and sustained expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART and its supply chain management in Uganda are largel