Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania after switch to artemisinin combination therapy and the introduction of accredited drug... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To improve access to treatment in the private retail sector a new class of outlets known as Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDO) was created in Tanzania. Tanzania changed its first-li
Multi-host model-based identification of <em>Armillifer agkistrodontis</em> (Pentastomida), a new zoonotic parasite from China (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pentastomiasis is a rare parasitic infection of humans. Pentastomids are dioecious obligate parasites requiring multiple hosts to complete their lifecycle. Despite their worm-like appearan
Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A (eEF1A) domain I from <em>S. cerevisiae</em> is required but not sufficient for inter-species... (Publications)
Ethanolamine phosphoglycerol (EPG) is a protein modification attached exclusively to eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (eEF1A). In mammals and plants, EPG is linked to conserved glutamate residues locat
Reduction in the proportion of fevers associated with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia in Africa: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is almost invariably ranked as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. There is growing evidence of a decline in malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality over
A simulation model of African Anopheles ecology and population dynamics for the analysis of malaria transmission (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases in humans. Many mathematical models of malaria have been developed during the past century, and applied to potential interven
Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): a prospective population-based study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Drug therapy in high-risk individuals has been advocated as an important strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease in low income countries. We determined, in a low-income urban population,