Strong interferon-gamma mediated cellular immunity to scrub typhus demonstrated using a novel whole cell antigen ELISpot assay in rhesus macaques and... (Publications)
Scrub typhus is a febrile infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, which causes significant morbidity and mortality across the Asia-Pacific region. The control
Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal (Publications)
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case
A controlled trial to reduce the risk of human Nipah virus exposure in Bangladesh (Publications)
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection, often fatal in Bangladesh, is primarily transmitted by drinking raw date palm sap contaminated by Pteropus bats. We assessed the impact of a behavior change communic
Review of current typhoid fever vaccines, cross-protection against paratyphoid fever, and the European guidelines (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Typhoid and paratyphoid fever remain a global health problem, which - in non-endemic countries - are mainly seen in travelers, particularly in VFRs (visiting friends and relatives), with
Transmission of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi </em>and soil-transmitted helminths on the Mekong Islands, southern Lao PDR (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) remains high in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), despite control efforts including
