Urogenital schistosomiasis transmission on Unguja Island, Zanzibar: characterisation of persistent hot-spots (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission is a priority for the Zanzibar Ministry of Health. Preventative chemotherapy together with additional control interventions have succ
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of the world's population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological transiti
Re-infection with <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> 6-months post-treatment with triclabendazole in cattle from mobile pastoralist husbandry systems at Lake... (Publications)
At Lake Chad in central Africa, livestock fascioliasis caused by Fasciola gigantica represents a major veterinary health problem, particularly in cattle reared in mobile pastoralist husbandry systems.
Synthesis, DNA binding and antitrypanosomal activity of benzimidazole analogues of DAPI (Publications)
A series of novel benzimidazole diamidines were prepared from the corresponding dicyano analogues either by applying Pinner methodology (5a-c, 10 and 13a) or by making amidoximes intermediates that we
Malaria parasites possess a telomere repeat-binding protein that shares ancestry with transcription factor IIIA (Publications)
Telomere repeat-binding factors (TRFs) are essential components of the molecular machinery that regulates telomere function. TRFs are widely conserved across eukaryotes and bind duplex telomere repeat