Development of an in vitro drug sensitivity assay for <em>Trichuris muris</em> first-stage larvae (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Trichuriasis represents a major public health problem in the developing world and is regarded as a neglected disease. Albendazole and mebendazole, the two drugs of choice against
Self-rated quality of life and school performance in relation to helminth infections: case study from Yunnan, People's Republic of China (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Expert opinion-derived disability weights are widely employed for estimating the global burden of diseases and injuries. For chronic diseases such as soil-transmitted helminthias
Generalized seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models for count data with application to malaria time series with low case numbers (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: With the renewed drive towards malaria elimination, there is a need for improved surveillance tools. While time series analysis is an important tool for surveillance, prediction and for
Ownership and usage of mosquito nets after four years of large-scale free distribution in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a highly malaria endemic country in the South-West Pacific with a population of approximately 6.6 million (2009). In 2004, the country intensified its malaria con
Development of an<em> in vitro</em> drug sensitivity assay based on newly excysted larvae of <em>Echinostoma caproni</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Echinostomiasis is one of the major food-borne trematodiases and the species Echinostoma caproni serves as a useful model for trematocidal drug discovery. The current in vitro drug sensiti