A new method for extracting skin microbes allows metagenomic analysis of whole-deep skin (Publications)
In the last decade, an extensive effort has been made to characterize the human microbiota, due to its clinical and economic interests. However, a metagenomic approach to the skin microbiota is hamper
Association between traffic-related air pollution, subclinical inflammation and impaired glucose metabolism: results from the SALIA study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Environmental and lifestyle factors regulate the expression and release of immune mediators. It has been hypothesised that ambient air pollution may be such an external factor and that the
Mass distribution of free insecticide-treated nets do not interfere with continuous net distribution in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To protect the most vulnerable groups from malaria (pregnant women and infants) the Tanzanian Government introduced a subsidy (voucher) scheme in 2004, on the basis of a public-private par
The contribution of reduction in malaria as a cause of rapid decline of under-five mortality: evidence from the Rufiji Health and Demographic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Under-five mortality has been declining rapidly in a number of sub-Saharan African settings. Malaria-related mortality is known to be a major component of childhood causes of death and mal
Agreement between parent and child report on parental practices regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the ENERGY... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parents and their parenting practices play an important role in shaping their children's environment and energy-balance related behaviours (EBRBs). Measurement of parenting practices can b
Identifying the impediments and enablers of ecohealth for a case study on health and environmental sanitation in Ha Nam, Vietnam (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To date, research has shown an increasing use of the term "ecohealth" in literature, but few researchers have explicitly described how it has been used. We investigated a project on health
Primary cultivation: factors affecting contamination and <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> growth after long turnover time of clinical specimens (Publications)
BackgroundWhile cultivation of pathogens represents a foundational diagnostic approach in the study of infectious diseases, its value for the confirmation of clinical diagnosis of Buruli ulcer is limi