Distribution and risk factors for <em>Plasmodium</em> and helminth co-infections: a cross-sectional survey among children in Bagamoyo district,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium and soil transmitted helminth infections (STH) are a major public health problem, particularly among children. There are conflicting findings on potential association between th
The effect of immunization schedule with the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01E on protective efficacy and anti-circumsporozoite protein antibody... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The malaria vaccine RTS,S induces antibodies against the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) and the concentration of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) against the repeat region of C
Preliminary epidemiological survey of schistosomiasis in central and southern Liberia (Publications)
Some basic epidemiological data on schistosomiasis in central and southern Liberia were collected. A study of snail density fluctuations was carried out in waterbodies bordering the road between Harbe
Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: past, present and the way forward (Publications)
Ecohealth is a comprehensive approach to understanding health at its human, animal and environmental interface in a socio-ecological systems context. This approach was introduced widely in Southeast A
Prevalence of <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> infection in slaughtered animals in south-eastern Lake Chad area in relation to husbandry practices and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Fasciolosis has been described in sub-Saharan Africa in many accounts, but the latest reports from Chad are from the 1970s. Mobile pastoralists perceive liver parasites as a significant pr