The visiting friends or relatives traveler in the 21st century: time for a new definition (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Travelers visiting friends or relatives (VFR travelers) are a group identified with an increased risk of travel-related illness. Changes in global mobility, travel patterns, and inter-regi
Characterization of treatment failure in efficacy trials of drugs against <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> by genotyping neutral and drug... (Publications)
Plasmodium vivax intervention trials customarily report uncorrected treatment failure rates. Application of recrudescence-reinfection genotyping and drug resistance single-nucleotide polymorphism typi
African 2, a clonal complex of <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> epidemiologically important in East Africa (Publications)
We have identified a clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis isolated at high frequency from cattle in Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. We have named this related group of M. bovis strains the A
Public hospital costs of treatment of abortion complications in Nigeria (Publications)
Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal mortality in Nigeria, and treatment of postabortion complications drains public healthcare resources. Provider estimates of medications, suppli
Bayesian spatial risk prediction of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in western Côte d'Ivoire using a remotely-sensed digital elevation... (Publications)
An important epidemiologic feature of schistosomiasis is the focal distribution of the disease. Thus, the identification of high-risk communities is an essential first step for targeting interventions
A major trichinellosis outbreak suggesting a high endemicity of trichinella infection in northern Laos (Publications)
Trichinellosis is an important and under-recognized food-borne zoonosis in Southeast Asia. After 30 years of no reports, a small outbreak was described in Central Lao PDR (Laos) in 2003. Here we repor