Orientia <em>tsutsugamushi</em> is highly susceptible to the RNA polymerase switch region inhibitor corallopyronin a <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in... (Publications)
Scrub typhus is a potentially lethal infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Reports on the emergence of doxycycline-resistant strains highlight the urgent need
The effect of case management and vector-control interventions on space-time patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Electronic reporting of routine health facility data in Uganda began with the adoption of the District Health Information Software System version 2 (DHIS2) in 2011. This has improved healt
Using yeast synthetic lethality to inform drug combination for malaria (Publications)
Combinatorial chemotherapy is necessary for the treatment of malaria. However, finding a suitable partner drug for a new candidate is challenging. Here we develop an algorithm that identifies all of t
Rickettsial illnesses as important causes of febrile illness in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Publications)
We conducted a yearlong prospective study of febrile patients admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh, to assess the proportion of patients with rickettsial illnesses and id
Challenges of DHS and MIS to capture the entire pattern of malaria parasite risk and intervention effects in countries with different ecological... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2011, the demographic and health survey (DHS) in Cameroon was combined with the multiple indicator cluster survey. Malaria parasitological data were collected, but the survey period did