Egg excretion patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans following albendazole-ivermectin and albendazole treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Control efforts of soil-transmitted helminthiases rely primarily on large scale administration with anthelminthic drugs. The assessment of drug efficacies and understanding of drug behavio
The effectiveness of community health worker training, equipping, and deployment in reducing COVID-19 infections and deaths in rural Western Kenya: a... (Publications)
COVID-19 and other pandemics remain significant threats to population health, particularly in rural settings where health systems are disproportionately weak. There is a lack of evidence on whether tr
Transposition of <em>HOPPLA</em> in siRNA-deficient plants suggests a limited effect of the environment on retrotransposon mobility in... (Publications)
Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) are powerful mutagens regarded as a major source of genetic novelty and important drivers of evolution. Yet, the uncontrolled and potentially selfish pr
Estimated population-level impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against all-cause pneumonia mortality among unvaccinated age groups in five Latin... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) provide strong direct protection in children, while limited data are available on their indirect effect on mortality among older age groups. This mul
PHARE: a bioinformatics pipeline for compositional profiling of multiclonal <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections from long-read Nanopore... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The emergence of drug-resistant clones of Plasmodium falciparum is a major public health concern, and the ability to detect and track the spread of these clones is crucial for effective ma
Steatotic liver disease among lean and non-lean individuals in Southern Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study of risk factors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Steatotic liver disease (SLD) prevalence is rising worldwide, linked to insulin resistance and obesity. SLD prevalence can surpass 10% even among those with normal weight. In Lao People's
Sanitation in urban areas may limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance via flies (Publications)
Synanthropic filth flies are common where sanitation is poor and fecal wastes are accessible to them. These flies have been proposed as mechanical vectors for the localized transport of fecal microbes