Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The tick population of Africa includes several important genera belonging to the family Ixodidae. Many of these ticks are vectors of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens including Theileria
High prevalence of large trematode eggs in schoolchildren in Cambodia (Publications)
Large trematode eggs (LTE) resembling Fasciola spp. eggs were reportedly found in the stools of schoolchildren in Kandal province, Cambodia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of LTE in the sto
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth infections are common throughout the tropics and subtropics and they disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor. In view of a growing global commitment to
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> genotypes in humans in Cambodia (Publications)
Little is known about the genetic variability of the soil-transmitted nematode, Strongyloides stercoralis, in humans. We sequenced portions of the small subunit rDNA (SSU), including the hyper variabl
Aircraft noise, air pollution, and mortality from myocardial infarction (Publications)
OBJECTIVE:: Myocardial infarction has been associated with both transportation noise and air pollution. We examined residential exposure to aircraft noise and mortality from myocardial infarction, tak
Lab-on-chip based platform for fast molecular diagnosis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (Publications)
We evaluated the performance of the molecular lab-on-chip-based VerePLEX Biosystem for detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, obtaining diagnostic accuracy over 97.8% compared to sequencing a