Clinical and socio-demographic predictors for virologic failure in rural Southern Africa: preliminary findings from CART-1 (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended scaling up of routine viral load (VL) monitoring for patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings [1]. D
<em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>: morphological and behavioral investigation within the freshwater snail <em>Pomacea canaliculata</em> (Publications)
An infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main causative agent for human eosinophilic encephalitis, can be acquired through the consumption of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata. This
<em>In vitro</em> and in vivo evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of fractions of Holarrhena africana (Publications)
The aqueous extract of young leaves of Holarrhena africana, a plant used in the Nigerian traditional medicine, exhibited good activity against Trypanosoma brucei spp. The extract was fractionated and
HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population: an immunological profile (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accel
An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: More sensitive and scalable entomological surveillance tools are required to monitor low levels of transmission that are increasingly common across the tropics, particularly where vector c
Lung function, respiratory symptoms, and the menopausal transition (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on potential changes in respiratory health when women enter the menopausal transition. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate whether the menopausal transition is
