Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda (Publications)
infection was associated with anaemia (mean haemoglobin difference of -1.2 g/dL; 95% CI, -0.8 to -1.5 g/dL), fever, underweight, clinically assessed malnutrition and histories of fever, tiredness, weakness
Eau potable, assainissement et risque de maladies diarrhéiques dans la Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott, Mauritanie (Publications)
affected like Sebkha (19.1%). The distribution according to the age categories shows that children under 5 years are the most affected with 51.7% followed by people aged over 14 with 34.2%. The correlation analysis
Impact and cost-effectiveness of snail control to achieve disease control targets for schistosomiasis (Publications)
focal snail control interventions against Schistosoma haematobium across a range of low-prevalence (5-20%) and high-prevalence (25-50%) rural Kenyan communities. We simulated strategies over a 10-year period
Schistosomiasis mansoni incidence data in Rwanda can improve prevalence assessments, by providing high-resolution hotspot and risk factors... (Publications)
prevalence mapping conducted in 2007-2008 revealed that prevalence per district ranges from 0 to 69.5% among school children. In response, mass drug administration campaigns were initiated. However, a few
Characterizing the pharmacological interaction of the antimalarial combination artefenomel-piperaquine in healthy volunteers with induced blood-stage... (Publications)
respectively. These results closely matched the observed APR(28) in the phase 2b trial of 67.0%, 65.5%, and 75.4%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that VIS offer an efficient means for
The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice (Publications)
healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in the next 1000 days (ages 2-5 years), this paper summarises the benefits and costs of key strategies to support children's development
Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa (Publications)
will potentially contribute to the improvement of the CHW programme in ensuring that children under 5 years of age are holistically cared for to ensure that they thrive.
Drug interaction studies of cabamiquine: ganaplacide combination against hepatic <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> (Publications)
appearance of blood stage parasites when a systemic plasma C(av0-24)/EC(50) ratio > 2 for ganaplacide and > 5 for cabamiquine was achieved. These findings demonstrate that chemoprevention using a combination of
High-frequency changes in pilin glycosylation patterns during <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup a meningitis outbreaks in the African... (Publications)
Ghana and Burkina Faso, meningococcal isolates belonging to the closely related hypervirulent A:ST-5, A:ST-7, and A:ST-2859 clones have been collected from 1998 to 2011 during meningococcal outbreaks.
Investigation of dengue infection in asymptomatic individuals during a recent outbreak in La Réunion (Publications)
possible asymptomatic dengue infections detected by the presence of anti-dengue IgM antibodies. Only 5.3% of the participants had a recent dengue infection confirmed by RT-PCR. Although the resurgence of