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1. Safety and tolerance of lymph node biopsies from chronic HIV-1 volunteers in rural Tanzania (Publications)

   Safety and tolerance of lymph node biopsies from chronic HIV-1 volunteers in rural Tanzania

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   OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 rapidly establishes a persistent infection that can be contained under life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) but not cured. One major viral reservoir is the peripheral lymph node (LN

2. Performance of prediction rules and guidelines in detecting serious bacterial infections among Tanzanian febrile children (Publications)

   Performance of prediction rules and guidelines in detecting serious bacterial infections among Tanzanian febrile children

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   BACKGROUND: Health-workers in developing countries rely on clinical algorithms, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), for the management of patients, including diagnosis of

3. Off-label prescription: experience is a gloomy lantern that does not even illuminate its bearer (Publications)

   Off-label prescription: experience is a gloomy lantern that does not even illuminate its bearer

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4. Host cytoskeleton remodeling throughout the blood stages of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)

   Host cytoskeleton remodeling throughout the blood stages of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>

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   SUMMARYThe asexual intraerythrocytic development of Plasmodium falciparum, causing the most severe form of human malaria, is marked by extensive host cell remodeling. Throughout the processes of invas

5. Governance to address health systems pitfalls of antibiotics overuse in low- and middle-income countries (Publications)

   Governance to address health systems pitfalls of antibiotics overuse in low- and middle-income countries

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6. Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct susceptibility testing of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli from positive blood... (Publications)

   Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct susceptibility testing of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli from positive blood cultures

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   Bloodstream infections are life-threatening conditions which require the timely initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy. We evaluated the automated Merlin MICRONAUT system for rapid direct mic

7. Rapid identification of the animal pathogens <em>Streptococcus uberis</em> and <em>Arcanobacterium pyogenes</em> by fluorescence in situ hybridization... (Publications)

   Rapid identification of the animal pathogens <em>Streptococcus uberis</em> and <em>Arcanobacterium pyogenes</em> by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

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   Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been reported to be an easy and rapid identification method for many human pathogens, but applications for common veterinary pathogens are lacking. Gene p

8. Acute schistosomiasis in European students returning from fieldwork at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania (Publications)

   Acute schistosomiasis in European students returning from fieldwork at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is common in many African regions and poses a risk for travelers and the local population. So far, schistosomiasis in travelers or expatriates returning from the Tanzanian

9. Case report: Molecular diagnosis of subcutaneous <em>Spirometra erinaceieuropaei</em> sparganosis in a Japanese immigrant (Publications)

   Case report: Molecular diagnosis of subcutaneous <em>Spirometra erinaceieuropaei</em> sparganosis in a Japanese immigrant

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   We report a case of subcutaneous sparganosis in a 68-year-old female Japanese immigrant in Germany. The patient complained of a painless erythema caudal of the umbilicus with a palpable subcutaneous c

10. Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Cameroon (Publications)

    Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Cameroon

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    In western and eastern Africa, rickettsioses are one cause of fever in humans. Little is known regarding the presence of Rickettsia sp. in northern Cameroon. The present work was conducted in order to