Clinical presentation of <em>T.b. rhodesiense</em> sleeping sickness in second stage patients from Tanzania and Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A wide spectrum of disease severity has been described for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T.b. rhodesiense), ranging from chronic disease patter
Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine u
Anti-protozoal activity of aporphine and protoberberine alkaloids from <em>Annickia kummeriae</em> (Engl. & Diels) Setten & Maas (Annonaceae) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis have an overwhelming impact in the poorest countries in the world due to their prevalence, virulence and drug resistance ability. Currently, ther
Malaria: a major health problem within an oil palm plantation around Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: For companies operating in malaria endemic countries, malaria represents a substantial risk to workers and their dependants, and can lead to significantly reduced worker productivity. This
What should vaccine developers ask? Simulation of the effectiveness of malaria vaccines (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A number of different malaria vaccine candidates are currently in pre-clinical or clinical development. Even though they vary greatly in their characteristics, it is unlikely that any of t
Improved antiretroviral treatment outcome in a rural African setting is associated with cART initiation at higher CD4 cell counts and better general... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Data on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in remote rural African regions is increasing. METHODS: We assessed prospectively initial cART in HIV-infected adults treated fr
Implementation of an insecticide-treated net subsidy scheme under a public-private partnership for malaria control in Tanzania--challenges in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the past decade there has been increasing visibility of malaria control efforts at the national and international levels. The factors that have enhanced this scenario are the availabili
Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic eco
