Influenza vaccination of pregnant women: engaging clinicians to reduce missed opportunities for vaccination (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Antenatal influenza vaccination (AIV) is an effective intervention for protecting pregnant women and their newborns against influenza. Although the World Health Organization recommends AIV
Longitudinal tracking and quantification of individual <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>clones in complex infections (Publications)
Longitudinal tracking of individual Plasmodium falciparum strains in multi-clonal infections is essential for investigating infection dynamics of malaria. The traditional genotyping techniques did not
Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations (Publications)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of respiratory mortality worldwide. Genetic risk loci provide new insights into disease pathogenesis. We performed a genome-wide assoc
Subspecies typing of <em>Streptococcus agalactiae</em> based on ribosomal subunit protein mass variation by MADLI-TOF MS (Publications)
Background: A ribosomal subunit protein (rsp)-based matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) method was developed for fast subspecies-level typing of
Influence of acute physical activity on stress reactivity in obese and normal weight children: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Physical activity (PA) may influence acute stress reactivity in children differently depending on their weight. This randomized controlled trial investigated the impact of acute PA and of B
Determinants of bed net use conditional on access in population surveys in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most effective and widely available methods for preventing malaria, and there is interest in understanding the complexities of behavioural dr
ExpoApp: an integrated system to assess multiple personal environmental exposures (Publications)
To assess environmental exposures at the individual level, new assessment methods and tools are required. We developed an exposure assessment system (ExpoApp) for smartphones. ExpoApp integrates: (i)
Determination of optimal diagnostic cut-offs for the Naval Medical Research Centre scrub typhus IgM ELISA in Chiang Rai, Thailand (Publications)
In this diagnostic accuracy study, we evaluated data from 135 febrile patients from Chiang Rai, to determine the optimal optical density (OD) cutoffs for an in-house scrub typhus IgM ELISA. Receiver o
Pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of ivermectin in <em>Trichuris trichiura</em>-infected children aged 2-12 years (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Yearly, millions of children are treated globally with ivermectin mainly for neglected tropical diseases. Anatomical, physiological and biochemical differences between children and adults
