Leptospira seroprevalence and risk factors in health centre patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The burden of human leptospirosis in Uganda is unknown. We estimated the seroprevalence of Leptospira antibodies, probable acute/recent leptospirosis, and risk factors for seropositivity i
Use of recombinant ApxIV in serodiagnosis of <em>Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae</em> infections, development and prevalidation of the ApxIV ELISA (Publications)
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the etiological agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, which causes worldwide severe losses in pig farming. The virulence of the 15 serotypes of A. pleuropneumoniae is ma
Recent advances on <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> in dogs and humans in Europe (Publications)
Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs and is the principa
The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, awareness and use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) among young women has rapidly increased in Ghana; however, the rate of unintended pregnancy among this group
Measuring health facility readiness and its effects on severe malaria outcomes in Uganda (Publications)
There is paucity of evidence for the role of health service delivery to the malaria decline in Uganda We developed a methodology to quantify health facility readiness and assessed its role on severe m
