Comparison of <em>Leishmania</em> typing results obtained from 16 European clinical laboratories in 2014 (Publications)
species were reported. The overall error rate of strains placed in the wrong complex or species was 8.5%. Various reasons for incorrect typing were identified. The study shows there is considerable room
Evaluation of standard field and laboratory methods to compare protection times of the topical repellents PMD and DEET (Publications)
under both conditions. We, therefore, investigated how two topical repellents, 15% para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD) and 15% N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) compare against each other both in the AIC test
Analysis of potential household transmission events of tuberculosis in the city of Belem, Brazil (Publications)
Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) revealed indistinguishable bacterial genotypes among 26 patients in 14 (53.8%) HHC groups. Drug susceptibility testing (DST) revealed that 45 (71.4%) of the Mtb isolates were multidrug
Antitrypanosomal activity of sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Helianthus tuberosus</em> L. including a new furanoheliangolide with an unusual structure (Publications)
at C-3 and a double bond between C-5 and C-6. For this new STL we propose the name heliantuberolide-8-O-tiglate. Its activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (causative agent of East African Human
Soluble immune mediators orchestrate protective <em>in vitro</em> granulomatous responses across <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex lineages (Publications)
in lineage 3 strains. The most favorable granuloma responses were associated with strong CD4 and CD8 T cell activation as well as inflammatory responses mediated by CXCL9, granzyme B, and TNF. Both of
In the arm-in-cage test, topical repellents activate mosquitoes to disengage upon contact instead of repelling them at distance (Publications)
The repellents tested were 20% (m/m) ethanolic solutions of N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, p-menthane-3,8-diol, icaridin and ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate. All four repellents substantially reduced the number
Perception of Somali pastoralists in Adadle woreda, Eastern Ethiopia, towards wildlife at the human-animal interface, conservation and wildlife... (Publications)
data in the area. The top perceived threats to livestock were drought (46%), wildlife attacks (33.8%) and diseases (20.2%). Daily encounters between wildlife and livestock were reported by 61.1% of r
Gendered determinants of food insecurity in ongoing regional conflicts, North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
Results The poorest households were five times more likely to be food insecure (OR = 5.66, 95% CI 3.74–8.55). Women’s participation in decision-making about resource allocation decreased the risk for household
First serodetection and molecular phylogenetic documentation of <em>Coxiella burnetii </em>isolates from female camels in Wasit governorate, Iraq (Publications)
Wasitgovernorate, Iraq, from February to April 2019. The prevalence of Coxiella(C.) burnetiiwas 19.8% and 4.4% by ELISA and PCR, respectively. Targeting 16S rRNA genes from three positive samples were
An intra-COVID-19 assessment of hand hygiene facility, policy and staff compliance in two hospitals in Sierra Leone: is there a difference between... (Publications)
functional sinks. Overall HH compliance for the two hospitals was 18.6% and was higher in the regional (20.8%) than the capital city (17.0%) hospitals. The HH levels for the capital city and regional hospitals
