Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Chinese government lists advanced schistosomiasis as a leading healthcare priority due to its serious health and economic impacts, yet it has not been included in the estimates of schi
Dynamics of socioeconomic risk factors for neglected tropical diseases and malaria in an armed conflict (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Armed conflict and war are among the leading causes of disability and premature death, and there is a growing share of civilians killed or injured during armed conflicts. A major part of t
Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of livestock <em>Brucella melitensis</em> isolates from Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
The incidence of human brucellosis in Kyrgyzstan has been increasing in the last years and was identified as a priority disease needing most urgent control measures in the livestock population. The la
<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
Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), such as artemether-lumefantrine (AL), requires a strict dosing schedule that follows the drugs' pharmacokinetic properties. The quality
Health worker factors associated with prescribing of artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improving malaria case management is partially dependent on health worker compliance with clinical guidelines. This study assessed health worker factors associated with correct anti-malari
