Drug injection and HIV prevalence in inmates of Glenochil prison (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of HIV infection and drug injecting behaviour among inmates of Glenochil Prison on a specified date a year after an outbreak of hepatitis B and HIV infection. DESIGN
<em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>malaria disease manifestations in humans and transmission to<em> Anopheles gambiae</em>: a field study in Western Kenya (Publications)
Transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium is influenced by many different host, vector and parasite factors. Here we conducted a field study at Mbita, an area of endemic malaria in Western Kenya
Efficacy and safety of single 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis in preschool-age versus school-age children: an... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Better knowledge of the efficacy and safety of single 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in preschool-age children is required, should preventive chemotherapy programs for schistosomiasis be expan
Urogenital schistosomiasis in fisherman, Nepal, 2019 (Publications)
We report a case of urogenital schistosomiasis in a 34-year-old male patient in Nepal and summarize additional case reports. These cases provide putative evidence for the potential existence of human-
Estimated whole-brain and lobe-specific radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses and brain volumes in preadolescents (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between estimated whole-brain and lobe-specific radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) doses, using an improved integrated RF-EMF exposure model, and brain
An autoencoder and artificial neural network-based method to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes from near-infrared spectra (Publications)
After mating, female mosquitoes need animal blood to develop their eggs. In the process of acquiring blood, they may acquire pathogens, which may cause different diseases in humans such as malaria, zi
Health system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conflict settings: policy reflections from Palestine (Publications)
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, concerns are particularly serious in conflict and humanitarian settings. Tackling the pandemic in those countries is challenging due to the fragility of socioeconomic