Immunization of malaria pre-exposed volunteers with PfSPZ Vaccine elicits long-lived IgM invasion-inhibitory and complement-fixing antibodies (Publications)
The assessment of antibody responses after immunization with radiation attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) (Sanaria(R) PfSPZ Vaccine) has focused
Development of non-linear models predicting daily fine particle concentrations using aerosol optical depth retrievals and ground-based measurements at... (Publications)
Epidemiological studies generally use particulate matter measurements with diameter less 2.5 μm (PM2.5) from monitoring networks. Satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) data has considerable potential
Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Differences in rural and urban settings could account for distinct characteristics in the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB). We comparatively studied epidemiological features of TB and hel
Are overweight and obesity in children risk factors for anemia in early childhood? Results from a national nutrition survey in Tajikistan (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between overweight/obesity and anemia in early childhood in Tajikistan. METHODS: Using a two-stage-cluster sampling, a representative sample of 1342 children (48.
High proportions of asymptomatic and submicroscopic <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>infections in a peri-urban area of low transmission in the Brazilian... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Population-based studies conducted in Latin America have shown a high proportion of asymptomatic and submicroscopic malarial infections. Considering efforts aiming at regional elimination,