The association of road traffic noise with problem behaviour in adolescents: a cohort study (Publications)
The findings of environmental noise exposure and behavioural disorders in children and adolescents are inconclusive, and longitudinal studies are scarce. We studied the response of behaviour and behav
Nearly complete genome sequences of eight rabies virus strains obtained from domestic carnivores in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
In this report, we describe eight nearly complete genome sequences of rabies virus strains collected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from domestic carnivores in 2017 and 2018. All of them clus
Cross-sectional study of nutritional intake among patients undergoing tuberculosis treatment along the Myanmar-Thailand border (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: This study summarises nutritional intake among patients with tuberculosis (TB) along the Myanmar-Thailand border according to the local diet. SETTING: TB clinic along the Myanmar-Thailand b
Infectivity of symptomatic malaria patients to <em>Anopheles farauti</em> colony mosquitoes in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Plasmodium transmission from humans to mosquitoes is an understudied bottleneck in the transmission of malaria. Direct membrane feeding assays (DMFA) allow detailed malaria transmission studies from h
Clinical sign and biomarker-based algorithm to identify bacterial pneumonia among outpatients with lower respiratory tract infection in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotics use in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is a major contributor to resistance. We aimed to design an algorithm based on clinical signs and host biomarkers
Causes of death and associated factors over a decade of follow-up in a cohort of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nearly half of HIV-related deaths occur in East and Southern Africa, yet data on causes of death (COD) are scarce. We determined COD and associated factors among people living with HIV (PL
Immunodeficiency and cancer in 3.5 million people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): the South African HIV cancer match study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We analyzed associations between immunodeficiency and cancer incidence in a nationwide cohort of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLWH) in South Africa. METHODS: We us
Developing consensus standard operating procedures (SOPs) to evaluate new types of insecticide-treated nets (Publications)
In response to growing concerns over the sustained effectiveness of pyrethroid-only based control tools, new products are being developed and evaluated. Some examples of these are dual-active ingredie
Pesticide research on environmental and human exposure and risks in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review (Publications)
On the African continent, ongoing agriculture intensification is accompanied by the increasing use of pesticides, associated with environmental and public health concerns. Using a systematic literatur
Correction: Truncated S-MGBs: towards a parasite-specific and low aggregation chemotype (Publications)
The authors regret that they omitted to include the following statement at the end of the Acknowledgements section: this workis based on research funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation