Consistently high estimates for the proportion of human exposure to malaria vector populations occurring indoors in rural Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are highly effective tools for controlling malaria transmission in Africa because the most important vectors, from the An
Evaluation of the discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> strains (Publications)
The discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing based on 16 known loci (12 MIRUs, 3 ETRs and VNTR 3232) was assessed for Mycobacterium bovis strains collected sequentially at t
Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea (Publications)
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in children aged 9-14 years in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea. Stool samples were examined by Kato-Katz and urine samples were examined by the cen
Characterization of invasive and colonizing isolates of <em>Streptococcus agalactiae</em> in East African adults (Publications)
95 colonizing and 74 invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from Kenyan adults were characterized using capsular serotyping and multilocus sequence typing. 22 sequence types clustering into five c
Relationships of exclusion and cohesion with health: the case of Bangladesh (Publications)
The concept of social exclusion, applied widely in the European Union, has in recent years been gaining use in Bangladesh, mostly by international development agencies. Does this discourse of deprivat
Cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). METHODS: In two previous IPTi trials in Ifakara (Unit
PM10 and children's respiratory symptoms and lung function in the PATY study (Publications)
Studies of the impact of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution on prevalence of respiratory symptoms and lung function in children have yielded mixed results, partly related to differences in st