Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial (Publications)
Background: Despite the continued high prevalence of faltering growth, height monitoring remains limited in many low- and middle-income countries.Objective: The objective of this study was to test whe
Cherchez l'electron (Publications)
Who wouldn't want to have a drug that is activated only in the target cell? Prodrugs that are metabolically triggered inside the pathogen but not in the host are an attractive concept in antimicrobial
Alkamides from <em>Anacyclus pyrethrum</em> L. and their <em>in vitro</em> antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
In our ongoing study to evaluate the antiprotozoal activity of alkamides from Asteraceae, a dichloromethane extract from the roots of Anacycluspyrethrum L. showed a moderate in vitro activity against
PCR-based verification of positive rapid diagnostic tests for intestinal protozoa infections with variable test band intensity (Publications)
Stool-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for pathogenic intestinal protozoa (e.g. Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia intestinalis) allow for prompt diagnosis and treatment in resource-constrained setti
Cohort profile: the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO): a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO) is a single-site, open and ongoing prospective cohort of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHIV) established in 2
Steroid alkaloids from <em>Holarrhena africana</em> with strong activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</em> (Publications)
In our continued search for natural compounds with activity against Trypanosoma brucei, causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, "sleeping sickness"), we have investigated extracts from
Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoeal diseases remain an important cause of mortality and morbidity among children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, diarrhoea is responsible for 15% of a