Changes in seasonality and sex ratio of scrub typhus: a case study of South Korea from 2003 to 2019 based on wavelet transform analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus (ST, also known as tsutsugamushi disease) is a common febrile vector-borne disease in South Korea and commonly known as autumn- and female-dominant disease. Although understan
From fragmentation to open access: building an open data portal for health data dissemination (Publications)
Open data is defined as data that can be used and redistributed by anyone with minimal or no restrictions. A design science research methodology was applied to the development of an open data portal f
Total synthesis of tosyl-samroiyotmycin A and its biological profiling (Publications)
A total synthesis of the enantiopure syn,syn-tosyl-samroiyotmycin A, a C2-symmetric 20-membered antimalarial macrodiolide with syn,syn-configuration of the 8,24-dihydroxy-9,25-dimethyl units and it's
Medium-ring keto bislactams with antischistosomal activity (Publications)
We discovered medium-ring keto bislactams as a new antischistosomal chemotype. The ketone functional group and isoindolinone substructure were required for high antischistosomal activity. Aryl substit
Rapid increase in the risk of heat-related mortality (Publications)
Heat-related mortality has been identified as one of the key climate extremes posing a risk to human health. Current research focuses largely on how heat mortality increases with mean global temperatu
Malaria rapid tests, febrile illness management, and child mortality across sub-Saharan African countries (Publications)
IMPORTANCE: A prompt malaria diagnosis is crucial for the management of children with febrile illness in sub-Saharan African countries, where malaria remains a leading cause of mortality among childre
<em>In vitro</em> antischistosomal activity of <em>Bridelia ferruginea, Clausena anisata, Khaya senegalensis, </em>and <em>Vernonia amygdalina</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic flatworms and the disease is endemic to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. The current therapeutic agent for managing this disease
Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains an important public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, where malaria ranks among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, disease transmis
Cryptic population structure and insecticide resistance in <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> from the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffers from one of the highest malaria burdens worldwide, but information on its Anopheles vector populations is relatively limited. Preventative malaria contro
