Development and evaluation of a multiplex quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for hookworm species in human stool (Publications)
Hookworm disease caused by Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Ancylostoma ceylanicum affects half a billion people worldwide. The prevalence and intensity of infection of individual hookwo
Transmission of hepatitis B and D viruses in an African rural community (Publications)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 257 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), with approximately 15 million of them being coinfecte
Connaissances-attitudes-pratiques des agents de santé humaine et animale sur la rage au Tchad (Publications)
Introduction: Rabies, an infectious disease mainly transmitted by dog bites, is fatal due to lack of appropriate knowledge-attitudes-practices (KAP). The KAP of healthcare providers are particularly i
The trypanocidal benzoxaborole AN7973 inhibits trypanosome mRNA processing (Publications)
Kinetoplastid parasites-trypanosomes and leishmanias-infect millions of humans and cause economically devastating diseases of livestock, and the few existing drugs have serious deficiencies. Benzoxabo
The burden of disease in Greece, health loss, risk factors, and health financing, 2000-16: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (Publications)
Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of subsequent negative h
Transfer of enteric viruses (adenovirus and coxsackievirus) and bacteriophage (MS2) from liquid to human skin (Publications)
Indirect exposure to waterborne viruses increases risk of infection, especially amongst children with frequent hand-to-mouth contacts. Here, we quantified the transfer of one bacteriophage (MS2) and t
