A stable, oligosymptomatic malaria focus in Thailand (Publications)
Blood from most of the 250 residents of a non-migratory farming village in south-eastern Thailand was visually examined for malaria parasites monthly for 2 years. Nearly 97% of the population had at l
Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to antimicrobial resistance(1). Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs in bacteri
Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for <em>Schistosoma haematobium... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for measuring global progress in schistosomiasis control classify individuals with Schistosoma spp. infections based on the concentration of excr
Increased impact of air pollution on lung function in preterm versus term infants: the BILD study (Publications)
Rationale Infants born prematurely have impaired capacity to deal with oxidative stress shortly after birth. Objectives We hypothesize that the relative impact of exposure to air pollution on lung fun
Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.620 with variant of concern-like mutations and deletions (Publications)
Distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages, discovered through various genomic surveillance initiatives, have emerged during the pandemic following unprecedented reductions in worldwide human mobility. We here desc
No hints for abundance of <em>Bacillus anthracis</em> and <em>Burkholderia pseudomallei</em> in 100 environmental samples from Cameroon (Publications)
Background: Little is known on the abundance of the pathogens Bacillus anthracis and Burkholderia pseudomallei in environmental samples in Cameroon. Therefore, 100 respective samples were assessed in
Evidence of health system resilience in Myanmar during cyclone Nargis: a qualitative analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to improve the understanding of the characteristics of health system resilience in Myanmar's response to Cyclone Nargis and to explore ways to improve resilience at