Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national he
Safety and immunogenicity of a candidate bioconjugate vaccine against <em>Shigella dysenteriae</em> type 1 administered to healthy adults: a single... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Shigellae cause severe disease in endemic countries, especially in children. Several efficacy trials have been conducted with candidate vaccines against Shigellae, but the lack of protecti
A new nonpolar N-hydroxy imidazoline lead compound with improved activity in a murine model of late stage <em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei</em> infection... (Publications)
Treatment of late-stage sleeping sickness requires drugs that can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to reach the parasites located in the brain. We report here the synthesis and evaluation of four n
Acute schistosomiasis: a risk underestimated by travelers and a diagnosis frequently missed by general practioners - a cluster analysis of 42... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2011, a patient was admitted to our hospital with acute schistosomiasis after having returned from Madagascar and having bathed at the Lily waterfalls. On the basis of this patient's in
Contemporary and emerging strategies for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis due to <em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei gambiense</em> (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To review current and emerging tools for Gambiense HAT control and elimination, and propose strategies that integrate these tools with epidemiological evidence. METHODS: We reviewed the sc