The treatment cascade in children with unsuppressed viral load - a reality check in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As per guidelines of the World Health Organization HIV infected children who do not achieve viral suppression while under antiretroviral therapy (ART), receive enhanced adherence counselli
Antiprotozoal spirombandakamines A1 and A2, fused naphthylisoquinoline dimers from a Congolese <em>Ancistrocladus </em>plant (Publications)
From the leaves of a yet undescribed Congolese Ancistrocladus species, two novel naphthylisoquinoline dimers, spirombandakamines A1 (1) and A2 (2), were isolated, together with a new, but "classical"
Long-term immune response to yellow fever vaccination in HIV-infected individuals depends on HIV-RNA suppression status: implications for vaccination... (Publications)
Background: In HIV-infected individuals the immune response over time to yellow fever vaccination (YFV) and the necessity for booster vaccination are not well understood. Methods: We studied 247 parti
Status of insecticide resistance in Papua New Guinea: an update from nation-wide monitoring of anopheles mosquitoes (Publications)
Insecticide resistance (IR) monitoring is an important component of vector-borne disease control. The last assessment of IR in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was conducted in 2010. Since then, vector populati
Status of soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren in Laguna Province, the Philippines: determined by parasitological and molecular... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are the most common parasitic infections in impoverished communities, particularly among children. Current STH control is through school-based mass drug ad
Oxidative stress and inflammation mediate the effect of air pollution on cardio- and cerebrovascular disease: a prospective study in nonsmokers (Publications)
Air pollution is associated with a broad range of adverse health effects, including mortality and morbidity due to cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases (CCVD), but the molecular mechanisms involved ar
drLumi: an open-source package to manage data, calibrate, and conduct quality control of multiplex bead-based immunoassays data analysis (Publications)
Multiplex bead-based immunoassays are used to measure concentrations of several analytes simultaneously. These assays include control standard curves (SC) to reduce between-plate variability and norma
Mapping multiple components of malaria risk for improved targeting of elimination interventions (Publications)
There is a long history of considering the constituent components of malaria risk and the malaria transmission cycle via the use of mathematical models, yet strategic planning in endemic countries ten