Clinical diversity and treatment results in tegumentary leishmaniasis: a European clinical report in 459 patients (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is frequent in travellers and can involve oro-nasal mucosae. Clinical presentation impacts therapeutic management. METHODOLOGY: Demographic and clinical data f
Chronic wounds in Sierra Leone: searching for Buruli ulcer, a NTD caused b<em>y Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>, at Masanga Hospital (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chronic wounds pose a significant healthcare burden in low- and middle-income countries. Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, causes wounds with high morbidity an
Leprosy in wild chimpanzees (Publications)
Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae(1), the aetiological agent of leprosy, but spillover has occurred to other mammals that are now maintenance hosts, such as nine-banded a
Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures:... (Publications)
Out of pocket health payment (OOPs) has been identified by the System of Health Accounts (SHA) as the largest source of health care financing in most low and middle-income countries. This means that m
Covid-19 – Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Beiträge in Zeiten der Pandemie (Publications)
Das Virus verstehen, Todesfälle verhindern, Chaos vermeiden, Fakten aufzeigen und den Boden bereiten für gesellschaftliches Mittragen von Massnahmen – Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft kamen sich
Co-administration of routine paediatric vaccines in England often deviates from the immunisation schedule (Publications)
Vaccine co-administration can facilitate the introduction of new vaccines in immunisation schedules and improve coverage. We analysed real life data to quantify the extent of routine paediatric vaccin
Definitions of severity in treatment seeking studies of febrile illness in children in low and middle income countries: a scoping review (Publications)
Objectives: Understanding treatment seeking for severe febrile illness (SFI) is methodologically challenging. In this scoping review, we investigate definitions of severe febrile illness in treatment
Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2.5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many regions of the world are now facing more frequent and unprecedentedly large wildfires. However, the association between wildfire-related PM2.5 and mortality has not been well characte
Increased impact of air pollution on lung function in preterm versus term infants: the BILD study (Publications)
Rationale Infants born prematurely have impaired capacity to deal with oxidative stress shortly after birth. Objectives We hypothesize that the relative impact of exposure to air pollution on lung fun