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1. Prices and mark-ups on antimalarials: evidence from nationally representative studies in six malaria-endemic countries (Publications)

   Prices and mark-ups on antimalarials: evidence from nationally representative studies in six malaria-endemic countries

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   The private for-profit sector is an important source of treatment for malaria. However, private patients face high prices for the recommended treatment for uncomplicated malaria, artemisinin combinati

2. Community awareness, use and preference for pandemic influenza vaccines in Pune, India (Publications)

   Community awareness, use and preference for pandemic influenza vaccines in Pune, India

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   Vaccination is a cornerstone of influenza prevention, but limited vaccine uptake was a problem worldwide during the 2009-2010 pandemic. Community acceptance of a vaccine is a critical determinant of i

3. Understanding suicide attempts among gay men from their self-perceived causes (Publications)

   Understanding suicide attempts among gay men from their self-perceived causes

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   Gay men are at higher risk of suicidality. This paper describes the causes of suicide attempts as perceived by the men themselves and analyzes their impact on severity and recidivism. Mental health su

4. Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled... (Publications)

   Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled study

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   BACKGROUND: Presumptive treatment of all febrile patients with anti-malarials leads to massive over-treatment. The aim was to assess the effect of implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) o

5. A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia (Publications)

   A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia

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   Measurement of malaria burden is fraught with complexity, due to the natural history of the disease, delays in seeking treatment or failure of case management. Attempts to establish an appropriate cas

6. <em>Ornithodorus moubata</em> als Testobjekt bei Q-Fieberfällen in der Schweiz (Publications)

   <em>Ornithodorus moubata</em> als Testobjekt bei Q-Fieberfällen in der Schweiz

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7. <em>Mycobacterium africanum</em>: review of an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa (Publications)

   <em>Mycobacterium africanum</em>: review of an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa

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   Mycobacterium africanum consists of two phylogenetically distinct lineages within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, known as M. africanum West African 1 and M. africanum West African 2. These li

8. Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania (Publications)

   Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Once malaria occurs, deaths can be prevented by prompt treatment with relatively affordable and efficacious drugs. Yet this goal is elusive in Africa. The paradox of a continuing but easil

9. Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)

   Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa

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   There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas. Recognizin

10. <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> heterochromatin protein 1 marks genomic loci linked to phenotypic variation of exported virulence factors (Publications)

    <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> heterochromatin protein 1 marks genomic loci linked to phenotypic variation of exported virulence factors

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    Epigenetic processes are the main conductors of phenotypic variation in eukaryotes. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum employs antigenic variation of the major surface antigen PfEMP1, encoded