The policy of free healthcare for children under the age of 6 years in Vietnam: assessment of the uptake for children hospitalised with acute... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the proportion of, and reasons for, households not utilising the policy of free healthcare for children under 6 years of age (FCCU6) for hospitalisation with diarrhoea, and assess
Development of a glycoconjugate vaccine to prevent meningitis in Africa caused by meningococcal serogroup X (Publications)
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide, especially in the African meningitis belt, and has a high associated mortality. The meningococcal serogroups A, W, and X have
In vitro and in vivo characterization of the antimalarial lead compound SSJ-183 in <em>Plasmodium</em> models (Publications)
The objective of this work was to characterize the in vitro (Plasmodium falciparum) and in vivo (Plasmodium berghei) activity profile of the recently discovered lead compound SSJ-183. The molecule sho
<em>In silico</em> prediction and experimental evaluation of furanoheliangolide sesquiterpene lactones as potent agents against <em>Trypanosoma brucei... (Publications)
In continuation of our earlier study on the in vitro antiprotozoal activity of 40 natural sesquiterpene lactones (STLs), we extended the set of tested compounds from our laboratories to 59. On the bas
Improved services to enrollees into an HIV rural care and treatment center in Tanzania [Short communication] (Publications)
Better quality of services is essential for the sustainability of HIV programs, in particular in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, to support the increasing number of individuals treated with combination anti
Malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth co-infection and its effect on anemia: a meta-analysis (Publications)
This study aimed to synthesize available evidence on the extent of malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth (STH) co-infections in people living in endemic countries and to explore the effect
A genetic variation in the adenosine A2A receptor gene (ADORA2A) contributes to individual sensitivity to caffeine effects on sleep (Publications)
Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in Western countries. Some people voluntarily reduce caffeine consumption because it impairs the quality of their sleep. Studies in mice revealed that the di
Novel 3-nitro-1H-1,2,4-triazole-based compounds as potential anti-Chagasic drugs: <em>in vivo</em> studies (Publications)
Background: Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is endemic in Latin America and leads to an estimated 14,000 deaths per year and around 100 million people at risk of infection.
Air pollution and childhood leukaemia: a nationwide case-control study in Italy (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children, but its aetiology is still poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that traffic-related air pollution is associated with paediatric leu
