Artemisinin-based combination therapy does not measurably reduce human infectiousness to vectors in a setting of intense malaria transmission (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for treating malaria has activity against immature gametocytes. In theory, this property may complement the effect of terminating otherwise leng
Considerations in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of environmental health interventions (Publications)
Sustainable development and healthy environments cluster
Phase change material for thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer: a prospective observational single centre proof-of-principle trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is an infection of the subcutaneous tissue leading to chronic necrotizing skin ulcers. The causative pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, grows best at 30 degrees C-33 degre
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and mixed infections are associated with severe malaria in children: a prospective cohort study from Papua New Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Severe malaria (SM) is classically associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection. Little information is available on the contribution of P. vivax to severe disease. There are some epidem
High-resolution genotyping and mapping of recombination and gene conversion in the protozoan <em>Theileria parva</em> using whole genome sequencing (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Theileria parva is a tick-borne protozoan parasite, which causes East Coast Fever, a disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. Like Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite undergoes a
