B-type natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Postoperative cardiac complications pose a substantial risk to patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. METHODS: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was determined preoperativel
Predictive risk mapping of schistosomiasis in Brazil using Bayesian geostatistical models (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in tropical and subtropical areas, including Brazil. A national control programme has been instigated in Brazil in the mid-1970s and proved
Priorities for research on meningococcal disease and the impact of serogroup A vaccination in the African meningitis belt (Publications)
For over 100 years, large epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have occurred every few years in areas of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel known as the African meningitis belt. Until recently, the main
Targeting <em>Plasmodium</em> PI(4)K to eliminate malaria (Publications)
Achieving the goal of malaria elimination will depend on targeting Plasmodium pathways essential across all life stages. Here we identify a lipid kinase, phosphatidylinositol-4-OH kinase (PI(4)K), as
Cross-reactive immune response elicited by parenteral Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine against non-typhoid <em>Salmonellae</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite 155000 deaths and over 90 million cases - and the current emergence of antimicrobial resistance - no vaccines are available against non-typhoid Salmonellae (NTS). We recently prese
Prediction of MS disability by multimodal evoked potentials: investigation during relapse or in the relapse-free interval? (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about optimal timing of multimodal evoked potential (EP)-investigations regarding prediction of MS disability. The aim of this study was to investigate whether timing of EP-
Cohort profile: the study of respiratory pathogens in Andean children (Publications)
We investigated respiratory pathogens in a prospective cohort study of young children living in the Peruvian Andes. In the study we assessed viral respiratory infections among young children, and expl
Density interactions among <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae</em> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in the nasopharynx of young... (Publications)
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus are commonly carried in the nasopharynx of young children, and have been speculated to interact with each other. Although ear