Clinical diversity and treatment results in tegumentary leishmaniasis: a European clinical report in 459 patients (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is frequent in travellers and can involve oro-nasal mucosae. Clinical presentation impacts therapeutic management. METHODOLOGY: Demographic and clinical data f
Chronic wounds in Sierra Leone: searching for Buruli ulcer, a NTD caused b<em>y Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>, at Masanga Hospital (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chronic wounds pose a significant healthcare burden in low- and middle-income countries. Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, causes wounds with high morbidity an
Leprosy in wild chimpanzees (Publications)
Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae(1), the aetiological agent of leprosy, but spillover has occurred to other mammals that are now maintenance hosts, such as nine-banded a
Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures:... (Publications)
Out of pocket health payment (OOPs) has been identified by the System of Health Accounts (SHA) as the largest source of health care financing in most low and middle-income countries. This means that m
Global estimates of the implications of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures for children's instructional access, development, learning, and... (Publications)
Observational data collected prior to the pandemic (between 2004 and 2019) were used to simulate the potential consequences of early childhood care and education (ECCE) service closures on the estimat
Discovery and structure-activity relationships of quinazolinone-2-carboxamide derivatives as novel orally efficacious antimalarials (Publications)
A phenotypic high-throughput screen allowed discovery of quinazolinone-2-carboxamide derivatives as a novel antimalarial scaffold. Structure-activity relationship studies led to identification of a po
The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: a protocol for a systematic review of human... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has an ongoing project to assess potential health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in the general and working popul
Access to water and sanitation infrastructures for primary schoolchildren in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire (Publications)
In rural settings of Côte d’Ivoire, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at schools is often lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability, quality, and use of WASH infr
Identification of the asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> gametocyte reservoir under different transmission... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Understanding epidemiological variables affecting gametocyte carriage and density is essential to design interventions that most effectively reduce malaria human-to-mosquito transmission.
