Mosquito feeding behavior and how it influences residual malaria transmission across Africa (Publications)
The antimalarial efficacy of the most important vector control interventions-long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS)-primarily protect against mosquitoes' biting peop
A multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter for personal radio-frequency dosimetry in diffuse indoor environments (Publications)
A multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter (BWDM) is designed and calibrated for diffuse fields in a reverberation chamber (RC) for personal exposure assessment in indoor environments. The BWDM
Procalcitonin and lung ultrasonography point-of-care testing to decide on antibiotic prescription in patients with lower respiratory tract infection... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A minority of patients presenting with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) to their general practitioner (GP) have community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and require antibiotic therapy. I
TNF-α–induced protein 3 is a key player in childhood asthma development and environment-mediated protection (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma prevalence is significantly higher in urban areas compared to rural/farm environments. Murine studies have shown that TNFAIP3 (TNF-alpha-induced protein 3, A20), an anti-i
Network analysis of dairy cattle movement and associations with bovine tuberculosis spread and control in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Dairy cattle movement could be a major risk factor for the spread of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia. Dairy cattle may be moved between farms over long distan
Health data in dentistry: an attempt to master the digital challenge (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Biomedical research has recently moved through three stages in digital healthcare: (1) data collection; (2) data sharing; and (3) data analytics. With the explosion of stored health data (
Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: a systematic review and Bayesian... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In South Asia, hundreds of millions of people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura). However, high-resolution risk profiles
Development of a pharmacovigilance system in a resource-limited country: the experience of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
Implementation of pharmacovigilance (PV) systems in resource-limited countries is a real endeavor. Despite country- and continent-specific challenges, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has be
Polyclonal gut colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a normal status for hotel employees on... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: For low-income countries, data regarding the intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant (ESC-R) and colistin-resistant (CST-R) Enterobacteriaceae in the communi
