Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ongoing epidemiological transitions across Africa are particularly evident in fast-growing towns, such as Ifakara in the Kilombero valley, south-eastern Tanzania. This town and its environ
Import of community-associated, methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> to Europe through skin and soft tissue infection in... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Recently, following import by travel and migration, epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has caused nosocomial outbreaks in Europe, sometimes
Antiprotozoal activities of tetrazole-quinolines with aminopiperidine linker (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) and Malaria both are insect vectored tropical diseases. Only a couple of drugs is able to cure HAT, but all of them are toxic, prone
Performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine cassette test for follow-up after treatment of<em> S. mansoni... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine cassette testing has become a popular approach to screen for Schistosoma infection. Since the test is also increasingly used for
3D-QSAR modeling and synthesis of new fusidic acid derivatives as antiplasmodial agents (Publications)
Wide spread Plasmodium falciparum ( P. falciparum) resistance has compromised existing antimalarial therapies to varying degrees. Novel agents, able to circumvent antimalarial drug resistance, are the
Effects of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin on the NMRI mouse metabolism (Publications)
The reduction in gut microbiota diversity is associated with a range of human diseases. Overuse of antibiotics has been associated with a diminished gut-microbial diversity in humans, and may promote
