The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis? (Publications)
ABSTRACT: A comparison was made between local malaria transmission and malaria imported by travellers to identify the utility of national and regional annual parasite index (API) in predicting malaria
Malaria prophylaxis policy for travellers from Europe to the Indian subcontinent (Publications)
Analysis of malaria imported into eight European countries from the Indian Sub-continent (ISC) (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) led to a consensus statement on the use of chemoprophylaxis w
The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The presence of ongoing local malaria transmission, identified though local surveillance and reported to regional WHO offices, by S-E Asian countries, forms the basis of national and inter
Diagnosis, clinical features, and self-reported morbidity of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and hookworm infection in a co-endemic setting (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Infections with Strongyloides stercoralis and other helminths represent important, yet often neglected issues in developing countries. Indeed, strongyloidiasis can be fatal, but only a few
Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: a cross-sectional descriptive study (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: An estimated 10,000 Burmese migrants are currently living in London. No studies have been conducted on their access to health services. Furthermore, most studies on migrants in t
Drug resistance-conferring mutations in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Monitoring drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential to curb the spread of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, drug susceptibility testing is currently not availab
Randomized, controlled trial of the long term safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants living in a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The RTS,S/AS malaria candidate vaccine is being developed with the intent to be delivered, if approved, through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health Organizatio