Prevalence and outcomes of hepatitis B coinfection and associated liver disease among antiretroviral therapy-naive individuals in a rural Tanzanian... (Publications)
Background. We evaluated the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and liver fibrosis/cirrhosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals enrolled in a rural Tanzani
Spatial mapping and prediction of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Cote d'Ivoire, malaria remains a major public health issue, and thus a priority to be tackled. The aim of this study was to identify spatially explicit indicators of Plasmodium falcipar
Mapping of research on maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a review of 2292 publications between 2000 and 2012 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Progress in achieving maternal health goals and the rates of reductions in deaths from individual conditions have varied over time and across countries. Assessing whether research prioriti
<em>In vitro </em>and <em>in vivo</em> drug interaction study of two lead combinations, oxantel pamoate plus albendazole and albendazole plus... (Publications)
The current treatments against Trichuris trichiura, albendazole and mebendazole, are only poorly efficacious. Therefore, combination chemotherapy was recommended for treating soil-transmitted helminth
Assessing anti-<em>T. cruzi</em> candidates<em> in vitro</em> for sterile cidality (Publications)
Total clearance of the T. cruzi infection - referred to herein as "sterile cure" - seems to be a critical prerequisite for new drug candidates for Chagas disease, ensuring long-term beneficial effects
Combating poor‑quality anti‑malarial medicines: a call to action (Publications)
The circulation of poor-quality medicines continues to undermine the fight against many life-threatening diseases. Anti-malarial medicines appear to have been particularly compromised and present a ma
