Preparing Liberia for rabies control: human-dog relationship and practices, and vaccination scenarios (Publications)
To reach zero dog-related human rabies deaths by 2030, Liberia must prioritize rabies as a public health threat. Understanding dog demography parameters are imperative and sets the basis for planning
Case report: gnathostomiasis acquired in Costa Rica in a returning traveler to the United Kingdom (Publications)
Gnathostomiasis, caused by infection with nematode parasites in the genus Gnathostoma, is endemic in tropical and temperate zones, and is classically associated with East and Southeast Asia and, more
Multi-dose priming regimens of PfSPZ vaccine: safety and efficacy against controlled human malaria infection in Equatoguinean adults (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ) Vaccine is composed of radiation-attenuated, aseptic, purified cryopreserved PfSPZ. Multiple clinical trials empirically assessing two to six doses have shown
Intestinal perforation due to adult tapeworm of <em>Taenia</em>: a case report and review of the literature (Publications)
Taeniasis is an intestinal helminth infection due to adult tapeworms belonging to the genus Taenia. Taeniasis remains a major burden in low-income countries in Asia. We present a case of intestinal pe
Hookworm infections: reappraising the evidence for a role of neutrophils in light of NETosis (Publications)
In Hookworm infection, neutrophils have long had the image of the villain, being recruited to the site of larval migration because of damage but participating themselves in tissue injury. With recent
Capacity building efforts for rabies diagnosis in resource-limited countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case report of the central veterinary laboratory... (Publications)
Rabies has been listed as a priority zoonotic disease in many African countries and the countdown to reach the goal of eliminating dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030 means that disease control m
Milk and meat consumption patterns and the potential risk of zoonotic disease transmission among urban and peri-urban dairy farmers in Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the Ethiopian dairy farming system, prevalence of zoonotic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is high in the cattle population. This, combined with some risky milk and meat cons