G-quadruplexes in helminth parasites (Publications)
Parasitic helminths infecting humans are highly prevalent infecting approximately 2 billion people worldwide, causing inflammatory responses, malnutrition and anemia that are the primary cause of morb
Investigating seasonal patterns in enteric infections: a systematic review of time series methods (Publications)
Foodborne and waterborne gastrointestinal infections and their associated outbreaks are preventable, yet still result in significant morbidity, mortality, and revenue loss. Many enteric infections dem
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The evidence linking ambient air pollution to bladder cancer is limited and mixed. METHODS: We assessed the associations of bladder cancer incidence with residential exposure to fine parti
Cost-effectiveness of sleeping sickness elimination campaigns in five settings of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is marked for elimination of transmission by 2030, but the disease persists in several low-income countries. We couple transmission and health outcomes m
Cervical cancer in women living in South Africa: a record linkage study of the National Health Laboratory Service and the National Cancer Registry (Publications)
Introduction: In countries with high HIV prevalence, it is important to understand the cervical cancer (CC) patterns by HIV status to ensure targeted prevention measures. We aimed to determine the fac
Developing customized stepwise MIRU-VNTR typing for tuberculosis surveillance in Georgia (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) typing has been widely used for molecular epidemiological studies of tuberculosis (TB). However, genotypin
Prevalence and molecular identification of zoonotic <em>Anisakis </em>and <em>Pseudoterranova </em>species in fish destined to human consumption in... (Publications)
Zoonotic larvae of the family Anisakidae found in several fish species represent a serious risk in public health since they may cause food-borne anisakidosis in humans. Chile has culinary preferences
Insights from modelling malaria vaccines for policy decisions: the focus on RTS,S (Publications)
Mathematical models are increasingly used to inform decisions throughout product development pathways from pre-clinical studies to country implementation of novel health interventions. This review ill
Investigating masking effects of age trends on the correlations among tree ring proxies (Publications)
Age-related trends are present in tree-ring widths (TRW), but their presence in tree rings isotope is debated. It is unclear how cambial age influences the relationships between TRW and isotopes. Tree
WHO global vaccine safety multi-country collaboration project on safety in pregnancy: assessing the level of diagnostic certainty using standardized... (Publications)
Standardized case definitions strengthen post-marketing safety surveillance of new vaccines by improving generated data, interpretation and comparability across surveillance systems. The Global Alignm
