Qualitative analysis of cultural formulation interview: findings and implications for revising the outline for cultural formulation (Publications)
The DSM-IV Outline for Cultural Formulation (OCF) was a framework for assessment based on principles of cultural psychiatry. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) for DSM-5 provided a tool enabling
Import of community-associated, methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> to Europe through skin and soft tissue infection in... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Recently, following import by travel and migration, epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has caused nosocomial outbreaks in Europe, sometimes
Modification and optimization of the FECPAKG2 protocol for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminth eggs in human stool (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Standard diagnosis of human soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is based on the microscopic detection of helminth eggs in stool and supports programmatic decision making in control
Gut microbiota dynamics in travelers returning from India colonized with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant <em>Enterobacteriaceae</em>: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intestinal colonization by extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (ESC-R-Ent) has been attributed to travel to high prevalence countries. However, the dynamics of the
Asthma-related outcomes associated with indoor air pollutants among schoolchildren from four informal settlements in two municipalities in the Western... (Publications)
The health impact of indoor air pollution in informal settlement households has not been extensively studied in South Africa. This cross-sectional study investigated the association between asthma and
Probing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sexual commitment at the single-cell level (Publications)
Background: Malaria parasites go through major transitions during their complex life cycle, yet the underlying differentiation pathways remain obscure. Here we apply single cell transcriptomics to unr
Effect of schistosomiasis on the outcome of patients infected with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that schistosomiasis negatively influences immune reconstitution in people living with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). In this study, we investigated th
Integrating standardized whole genome sequence analysis with a global <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> antibiotic resistance knowledgebase (Publications)
Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses a persistent public health threat. The ReSeqTB platform is a collaborative, curated knowledgebase, designed to standardize and aggregate global Mycobacterium tubercul
<em>In vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> drug-drug interaction study of the effects of ivermectin and oxantel pamoate on tribendimidine (Publications)
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections still remain a major health problem in poor rural settings. The lack of efficacious drugs against all STH species raises the interest in drug combinations. D