Mixed-methods study on pharmacies as contraception providers to Kenyan young people: who uses them and why? (Publications)
Objectives: This study sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the characteristics of young Kenyans aged 18-24 who use contraception obtained at pharmacies, and (2) why are pharmacies appealing s
Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a cost-effectiveness analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Continuing tuberculosis control with current approaches is unlikely to reach the World Health Organization's objective to eliminate TB by 2035. Innovative interventions such as unmanned ae
Health care cost of overweight-related diseases in Bangladesh (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic burden of overweight in Bangladesh. DESIGN: We used data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. A prevalence-based approach was used to calculate the p
Immunopeptides in the defense reactions of <em>Glossina morsitans</em> to bacterial and <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> <em>brucei</em> infections (Publications)
Several dipteran insects are vectors of parasites causing major human infectious diseases. Among these, the tsetse fly, Glossina spp., is responsible for the transmission of trypanosomes, the pathogen
Characterization of a defensin from the sand fly <em>Phlebotomus duboscqi</em> induced by challenge with bacteria or the protozoan parasite... (Publications)
Antimicrobial peptides are major components of the innate immune response of epithelial cells. In insect vectors, these peptides may play a role in the control of gut pathogens. We have analyzed antim
Epithelial innate immunity. A novel antimicrobial peptide with antiparasitic activity in the blood-sucking insect<em> Stomoxys calcitrans</em> (Publications)
The gut epithelium is an essential interface in insects that transmit parasites. We investigated the role that local innate immunity might have on vector competence, taking Stomoxys calcitrans as a mo