Bacteriophage treatment before chemical disinfection can enhance removal of plastic surface-associated <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (Publications)
Opportunistic pathogens can linger on surfaces in hospital and building plumbing environments, leading to infections in at-risk populations. Further, biofilm-associated bacteria are protected from rem
Scaling up business plans in Tajikistan: a qualitative study of the history, barriers, facilitators and lessons learnt (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To improve health planning at primary health care (PHC) level, Business Plans were introduced in Tajikistan by the Enhancing Primary Health Care (EPHC) Services Project. OBJECTIVE: To desc
Mutasynthesis of physostigmines in <em>Myxococcus xanthus</em> (Publications)
The alkaloid physostigmine is an approved anticholinergic drug and an important lead structure for the development of novel therapeutics. Using a complementary approach that merged chemical synthesis
A health systems resilience research agenda: moving from concept to practice (Publications)
Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has quickly gained popularity following shocks
Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ireland under mitigation (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Ireland and across the European Union the COVID-19 epidemic waves, driven mainly by the emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 have continued their course, despite various interven
Associations of air pollution and greenness with the nasal microbiota of healthy infants: a longitudinal study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Air pollution and greenness are associated with short- and long-term respiratory health in children but the underlying mechanisms are only scarcely investigated. The nasal microbiota durin
Mortality from drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-burden countries comparing routine drug susceptibility testing with whole-genome sequencing: a... (Publications)
Background: Drug resistance threatens global tuberculosis control. We aimed to examine mortality in patients with tuberculosis from high-burden countries, according to concordance or discordance of re
Early whole blood transcriptional responses to radiation-attenuated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoite vaccination in malaria naive and malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vaccination with radiation-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites is known to induce protective immunity. However, the mechanisms underlying this protection remain unclear. In this w
