Performance of a real-time PCR approach for diagnosing <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infections of different intensity in urine samples from... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Efforts to control and eliminate schistosomiasis have accelerated over the past decade. As parasite burden, associated morbidity and egg excretion decrease, diagnosis with standard parasit
Thematic areas and complexity of integrated community case management (iCCM) design, implementation, and evaluation: protocol for a scoping review (Publications)
Background: Integrated community case management (iCCM) is a community-based child health strategy designed to reduce deaths due to pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea in low-income countries. Due to the
The COVID-19 pandemic offers a key moment to reflect on travel medicine practice (Publications)
COVID-19 provides an opportunity to review travel health advice priorities. Infectious and non-infectious diseases are key for travel medicine, Research is warranted to stimulate an evidence-based bal
Adaptation of human enterovirus to warm environments leads to resistance against chlorine disinfection (Publications)
Sunlight, temperature, and microbial grazing are among the environmental factors promoting the inactivation of viral pathogens in surface waters. Globally, these factors vary across time and space. Th
Attrition, physical integrity and insecticidal activity of long-lasting insecticidal nets in sub-Saharan Africa and modelling of their impact on... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the primary malaria prevention and control intervention in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. While LLINs are expected to last at least 3 years un
One health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): from a MOOC to projects on real world challenges (Publications)
Today, the world counts millions of refugees but only a fraction of them have access to higher education. Despite the multiple public health problems in refugee camps and the need to build local capac
"If it is left, it becomes easy for me to get tested": use of oral self-tests and community health workers to maximize the potential of home-based HIV... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Home-based HIV testing fails to reach high coverage among adolescents and young adults (AYA), mainly because they are often absent during the day of home-based testing. ADORE (ADolescent
Natural polymorphisms in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>conferring resistance to delamanid in drug-naïve patients (Publications)
Mutations in the genes of the F420 signaling pathway, including dnn, fgd1, fbiA, fbiB, fbiC, and fbiD, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) complex can lead to delamanid resistance. We searched for suc
Trypanosomes have divergent kinesin-2 proteins that function differentially in flagellum biosynthesis and cell viability (Publications)
Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African sleeping sickness, has a flagellum that is crucial for motility, pathogenicity, and viability. In most eukaryotes, the intraflagellar transport (IFT)