Majete Malaria Control Project Monitoring (Projects)
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design, starting from three sides of the area, and gradually cover the entire Majete Perimeter in a 5-year programme. A monitoring & evaluation (M&E) tool will be applied to assess the impact of the in
Development of New Drugs against Parasitic Worm Diseases (Page)
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infections, particularly in poor and deprived communities in tropical and subtropical countries. 1.5 billion people are affected by parasitic worm infections. Soil-transmitted helminths are worm infections
Safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy against controlled human malaria infection of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites vaccine in... (Publications)
to prevent malaria in Africa. Immunization with five doses at 0, 4, 8, 12, and 20 weeks of 2.7 x 10(5) PfSPZ of PfSPZ Vaccine gave 65% vaccine efficacy (VE) at 24 weeks against mosquito bite CHMI in U.S
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em>: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia (Publications)
were collected. S. stercoralis prevalence among 7,246 participants with a complete data record was 30.5%, ranging from 10.9% to 48.2% across provinces. The parasite was ubiquitous in Cambodia; only five
Prevalence and risk factors for schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in two settings of Côte d’Ivoire (Publications)
From January to April 2018, a cross-sectional study was carried out including 1187 schoolchildren aged 5-14 years. Urine samples were examined by a filtration method to identify and count S. haematobium eggs
Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct susceptibility testing of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli from positive blood... (Publications)
3% of combinations showing very major errors, those for 0.4% showing major errors, and those for 0.5% showing minor errors. Although the number of tested isolates was limited (n = 33), direct AST of s
The mitochondrial genomes of the zoonotic canine filarial parasites<em> Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens</em> and <em>Candidatus</em> Dirofilaria... (Publications)
sequences clustered together and were the common sister group to Dirofilaria immitis. Analysis of a 2.5 kb mitochondrial genome fragment from macrofilaria or canine blood samples from Europe (42), Thailand
On-target, dual aminopeptidase inhibition provides cross-species antimalarial activity (Publications)
malaria infects approximately 240 million people and causes over 600,000 deaths, mostly in children under 5 years of age. For the past decade, artemisinin-based combination therapies have been recommended by
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Publications)
1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year. For every death averted, 66 years of full
DDT contamination in water resources of some African countries and its impact on water quality and human health (Publications)
sampled water sources. The highest DDT concentrations were found in South Africa (81.2 μg/L) and Egypt (5.62 μg/L). DDT residues were detected throughout the year in African water systems, but levels were found