Viral hepatitis and rapid diagnostic test based screening for HBsAg in HIV-infected patients in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Co-infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly prevalent in people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Screening for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) before initiation of combination an
Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: After a national voucher scheme in 2004 provided pregnant women and infants with highly subsidized insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), use among children under five years (U5s) in m
Gender differences in disordered eating and weight dissatisfaction in Swiss adults: which factors matter? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Research results from large, national population-based studies investigating gender differences in weight dissatisfaction and disordered eating across the adult life span are still limited
Efficacy and safety of praziquantel in preschool-aged children in an area co-endemic for <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> and <em>S. haematobium</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa the recommended strategy to control schistosomiasis is preventive chemotherapy. Emphasis is placed on school-aged children, but in high endemicity areas, preschool-ag
Formation of the circumsporozoite protein of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in <em>Anopheles stephensi</em> (Publications)
The place and time of synthesis of the circumsporozoite protein of P. falciparum was analysed with a monoclonal antibody directed against the (NANP)3 repetitive epitope of the CS protein. By using an
