Sodium reduction legislation and urinary sodium and blood pressure in South Africa (Publications)
IMPORTANCE: Reductions in dietary salt are associated with blood pressure reductions; however, national governments that have passed laws to reduce sodium intake have not measured these laws' impact.
Partially purified <em>Strongyloides ratti</em> antigen improved the diagnostic performance of strongyloidiasis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay... (Publications)
Strongyloides stercoralis infection is a neglected tropical disease with a global distribution. Serodiagnosis is a sensitive method, but improving its performance and simplifying into a point-of-care
Differences in the response to TNF inhibitors at distinct joint locations in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from nine European registries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Efficacy of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) for peripheral arthritis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been established in randomized clinical trials that have used i
Nutritional adequacy in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa: maternal and child dietary diversity in the context of perinatal HIV exposure (Publications)
Background. Children younger than 5 years old are a vulnerable group whose growth is affected by nutritional intake. However, few studies have evaluated dietary diversity–a proxy measure of dietary ad
Pharmacokinetics of a novel piperaquine dispersible granules formulation under fasting and various fed conditions versus piperaquine tablets when... (Publications)
Piperaquine tetraphosphate (PQP), a long-acting antimalarial, is being considered in a combination for chemoprevention. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine tablets (hard and dispersible) approved for the t
Auto-induced uplink 4G and 5G RF-EMF exposure assessment using a network monitoring application in different microenvironments across seven European... (Publications)
The auto-induced uplink (a-UL) radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure, often the dominant part of the total RF-EMF exposure, has not been included in previous microenvironmental studi
Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 - cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and... (Publications)
PURPOSE: The prospective Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) aims to support clinical management and generate scientific evidence to inform HIV care. Specifically, VICONEL allows for the mo
Diversity in women and their vaginal microbiota (Publications)
Women's health is essential to global societal and economic wellbeing, yet health disparities remain prevalent. The vaginal microbiota plays a critical role in health, with research indicating that re
Elevating larval source management as a key strategy for controlling malaria and other vector-borne diseases in Africa (Publications)
Larval source management (LSM) has a long history of advocacy and successes but is rarely adopted where funds are limited. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on malaria prevention recommen
