Estimating the incidence of norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European international travelers to areas of moderate to high risk of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is the leading cause of illness among returning travelers seeking medical care. Multiple types of enteric pathogens can cause travel-acquired AGE and, while bac
The origins of malaria artemisinin resistance defined by a genetic and transcriptomic background (Publications)
The predisposition of parasites acquiring artemisinin resistance still remains unclear beyond the mutations in Pfk13 gene and modulation of the unfolded protein response pathway. To explore the chain
Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A nationwide, school, malaria survey was implemented to assess the risk factors of malaria prevalence and bed net use among primary school children in mainland Tanzania. This allowed the m
The phylogeography and incidence of multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
There is paucity of data regarding the geographical distribution, incidence, and phylogenetics of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella Typhi in sub-Saharan Africa. Here we present a phylogenetic reco
Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is an important public health problem in Tanzania. The latest national malaria data suggests rebound of the disease in the country. Anopheles arabiensis, a mosquito species renowne
Residential air pollution does not modify the positive association between physical activity and lung function in current smokers in the ECRHS study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Very few studies have examined whether a long-term beneficial effect of physical activity on lung function can be influenced by living in polluted urban areas. OBJECTIVE: We assessed wheth