Thermal care for newborn babies in rural southern Tanzania: a mixed-method study of barriers, facilitators and potential for behaviour change (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hypothermia contributes to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries, yet little is known about thermal care practices in rural African settings. We assessed adoption and co
The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede strigamia maritima (Publications)
Myriapods (e.g., centipedes and millipedes) display a simple homonomous body plan relative to other arthropods. All members of the class are terrestrial, but they attained terrestriality independently
Epidemiological aspects of snake bites on a Liberian rubber plantation (Publications)
During a one-year period 95 patients with a history of snake bite were admitted to the hospital of a Liberian rubber plantation. The population at risk included the field workers (tappers and slashers
Resisting infection by <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> increases the sensitivity of the malaria vector <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> to DDT (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The evolution of insecticide resistance threatens current malaria control methods, which rely heavily on chemical insecticides. The magnitude of the threat will be determined by the phenot
