Antibody isotype responses, infection and re-infection for <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a marshland area of China (Publications)
geometric mean (GM) intensity of infection before the implementation of curative chemotherapy were 28.5% and 234.4 epg, respectively, but 9 months after treatment the prevalence (6.6%) and intensity (38.3
Fine-scale spatial and temporal heterogeneities in insecticide resistance profiles of the malaria vector,<em> Anopheles arabiensis</em> in rural... (Publications)
0.75% permethrin, 4% DDT, 4% dieldrin, 0.1% bendiocarb, 0.1% propoxur, 0.25% pirimiphos-methyl and 5% malathion. A hydrolysis probe assay was used to screen for L1014F ( kdr-w) and L1014S ( kdr-e) mutations
Comparison of novel and standard diagnostic tools for the detection of<em> Schistosoma mekongi</em> infection in Lao People's Democratic Republic and... (Publications)
viverrini, hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia spp. were 50.4%, 28.1%, 3.5%, 0.3% and 1.9%, respectively. In the urine samples, the tests for CCA and CAA detected S. mekongi
A duplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR assay to discriminate three species of the <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> group: <em>Schistosoma curassoni, S. bovis,... (Publications)
detect DNA from both species being analysed at the maximum and minimum levels in the DNA ratios (95/5) tested. The duplex T-ARMS-PCR assay was also able to detect all hybrids tested and was validated by
Prospective association between depressive symptoms and blood-pressure related outcomes in Kosovo (Publications)
follow-up in our fully adjusted model, although the association with systolic BP (beta = -1.98, 95%-CI -5.48 to 1.28, p = 0.23) did not meet statistical significance. We found no statistically significant
Adjuvanting a subunit COVID-19 vaccine to induce protective immunity (Publications)
variant efficiently but showed a reduced response against the B.1.351 variant. RBD-NP-AS03 produced a 4.5-fold reduction in neutralization of B.1.351 whereas the group immunized with RBD-NP-AS37 produced a
Potential drivers for schistosomiasis persistence: population genetic analyses from a cluster-randomized urogenital schistosomiasis elimination trial... (Publications)
1,522 miracidia from 176 children; 303 from 43 adults; age-range 6-75, mean 12.7 years) and at year 5 (2016: 1,486 miracidia from 146 children; 214 from 25 adults; age-range 9-46, mean 12.4 years). Measures
Cohort profile: molecular signature in pregnancy (MSP): longitudinal high-frequency sampling to characterise cross-omic trajectories in pregnancy in a... (Publications)
singletons averaged 16 (IQR 15-18) antenatal visits (13 094 biological samples were collected). At 5% (19/381) the preterm birth rate was low. Other adverse events such as maternal febrile illness 7.1%
Attrition, physical integrity and insecticidal activity of long-lasting insecticidal nets in sub-Saharan Africa and modelling of their impact on... (Publications)
METHODS: Starting in 2009, LLIN durability studies were conducted in seven countries in Africa over 5 years. WHO-recommended measures of attrition, LLIN use, insecticidal activity, and physical integrity
Machine learning prediction models for clinical management of blood-borne viral infections: a systematic review of current applications and future... (Publications)
and two (6.1%) on co-infection. Among these, six (18.2%) addressed the diagnosis of infection, 16 (48.5%) the prognosis of infection, eight (24.2%) the prediction of treatment response, two (6.1%) progression