Fluorescence/luminescence-based markers for the assessment of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> schistosomula drug assays (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is responsible for a tremendous public health burden, yet only a single drug, praziquantel, is available. New antischistosomal treatments should therefore be developed. The
Post-ART symptoms were not the problem: a qualitative study on adherence to ART in HIV-infected patients in a Mozambican rural hospital (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how clinical symptoms may affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV patients, and to explore factors, perceptions and at
Health system guidance appraisal-concept evaluation and usability testing (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health system guidance (HSG) provides recommendations aimed to address health system challenges. However, there is a paucity of methods to direct, appraise, and report HSG. Earlier researc
Ambient air pollution and newborn size and adiposity at birth: differences by maternal ethnicity (the born in Bradford study cohort) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with reduced size of newborns; however, the modifying effect of maternal ethnicity remains little explored among South Asians. OBJECTI
Raw sap consumption habits and its association with knowledge of nipah virus in two endemic districts in Bangladesh (Publications)
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our
Assessing the presence of <em>Wuchereria bancrofti</em> in vector and human populations from urban communities in Conakry, Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000 with the goal of interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) through multiple rounds of mass drug adm
What is needed to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? A model-based assessment on the impact of scaling up mass drug administration programs (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease for which more than a billion people in 73 countries are thought to be at-risk. At a global level, the efforts against LF are desi