Considerations in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of environmental health interventions (Publications)
Sustainable development and healthy environments cluster
Phase change material for thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer: a prospective observational single centre proof-of-principle trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is an infection of the subcutaneous tissue leading to chronic necrotizing skin ulcers. The causative pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, grows best at 30 degrees C-33 degre
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and mixed infections are associated with severe malaria in children: a prospective cohort study from Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Severe malaria (SM) is classically associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection. Little information is available on the contribution of P. vivax to severe disease. There are some epidem
High-resolution genotyping and mapping of recombination and gene conversion in the protozoan <em>Theileria parva</em> using whole genome sequencing (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Theileria parva is a tick-borne protozoan parasite, which causes East Coast Fever, a disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. Like Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite undergoes a
Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide treated nets (ITN) have been proven to be an effective tool in reducing the burden of malaria. Few randomized clinical trials examined the spatial effect of ITNs on child morta
Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Mass vaccinations are a main strategy in the deployment of oral cholera vaccines. Campaigns avoid giving vaccine to pregnant women because of the absence of safety data of the killed who
