Seasonality of suicide: a multi-country multi-community observational study (Publications)
AIMS: We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multiple geographically, demographically and socioeconomically diverse populations. METHODS: Weekly time-series data
Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: application of a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Treatment needs for Schistosoma haematobium are commonly evaluated using urine filtration with detection of parasite eggs under a microscope. A common symptom of S. haematobium is hematuri
Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: secondary analysis of a household-randomised,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is now widely deployed in the Sahel, including several countries that are major contributors to the global burden of malaria. Consequently, it is imp
Medicinal chemistry optimization of a diaminopurine chemotype: toward a lead for <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> inhibitors (Publications)
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted through the bite of infected tsetse flies. The disease is considered f
Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda (Publications)
Background: Universal access to high quality essential medicines is critical to sustainable development (SDG 3.8). However low- and middle-income countries struggle to ensure access to all medicines o
Cross-reaction of POC-CCA urine test for detection of <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test is increasingly used as a rapid diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection. The test has good sensitivity, although f
Abbreviated and comprehensive literature searches led to identical or very similar effect estimates: meta-epidemiological study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Assessing the agreement of treatment effect estimates from meta-analyses based on abbreviated or comprehensive literature searches. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Meta-epidemiological study. We
A modular framework for the development of targeted Covid-19 blood transcript profiling panels (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Covid-19 morbidity and mortality are associated with a dysregulated immune response. Tools are needed to enhance existing immune profiling capabilities in affected patients. Here we aimed
Semi-field evaluation of freestanding transfluthrin passive emanators and the BG sentinel trap as a "push-pull control strategy" against <em>Aedes... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Spatial repellents that drive mosquitoes away from treated areas, and odour-baited traps, that attract and kill mosquitoes, can be combined and work synergistically in a push-pull system.
