Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Established in 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) catalysed extraordinary political, financial, and social commitments to reduce under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 20
<em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> mouse model refinement for pre-clinical profiling of vaccine candidates (Publications)
Buruli Ulcer is a neglected tropical disease leading to extensive disabilities and morbidity in West Africa. In this paper we sought to characterize various strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans (M.ulcera
Oviposition ecology and species composition of <em>Aedes </em>spp. and <em>Aedes aegypti</em> dynamics in variously urbanized settings in arbovirus... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Aedes mosquito-transmitted outbreaks of dengue and yellow fever have been reported from rural and urban parts of Cote d'Ivoire. The present study aimed at assessing Aedes spp. oviposition
Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Blood-meal sources of malaria vectors affect their capacity to transmit the disease. Most efficient malaria vectors prefer human hosts. However, with increasing personal protection measure
Human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies. Almost all cases are due to Tryp
