Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We investigated obesity and weight change in relation to risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Asian patients with Type 2 diabetes using longitudinal data. METHODS: We recruited 1187 dia
High HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female sex workers in Rwanda (Publications)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence is often high among female sex workers (FSWs) in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the dynamics of HIV infection in this key population is critical to dev
Characteristics and epidemiological profile of Buruli ulcer in the district of Tiassalé, south Côte d’Ivoire (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a cutaneous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is the third most common mycobacterial disease in the world in the immunocompetent patient and second in Cote d
Strengthening HIV therapy and care in rural Tanzania affects rates of viral suppression (Publications)
Objectives: To assess viral suppression rates, to assess prevalence of acquired HIV drug resistance and to characterize the spectrum of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations (HIV-DRM) in HIV-1-infected pati
Identification of fast-acting 2,6-disubstituted imidazopyridines that are efficacious in the <em>In Vivo</em> humanized <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>... (Publications)
Optimization of a chemical series originating from whole-cell phenotypic screening against the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, led to the identification of two promising 2,6-disubstitut
Interplay of strain and race/ethnicity in the innate immune response to <em>M. tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The roles of host and pathogen factors in determining innate immune responses to M. tuberculosis are not fully understood. In this study, we examined host macrophage immune responses of 3
A bead-based immunogold-silver staining assay on capillary-driven microfluidics (Publications)
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are critically needed for the detection of infectious diseases, particularly in remote settings where accurate and appropriate diagnosis can save lives. However, it is