Acceptability, feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of a pilot mass drug administration with a single round of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus... (Publications)
For a malaria elimination strategy, Haiti's National Malaria Control Program piloted a mass drug administration (MDA) with indoor residual spraying (IRS) in 12 high-transmission areas across five comm
Safety and immunogenicity of radiation-attenuated PfSPZ vaccine in equatoguinean infants, children, and adults (Publications)
The radiation-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ) Vaccine has demonstrated safety and immunogenicity in 5-month-old to 50-year-old Africans in multiple trials. Except for one, each tr
Modelling the impact of interventions on imported, introduced and indigenous malaria infections in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Publications)
Malaria cases can be classified as imported, introduced or indigenous cases. The World Health Organization's definition of malaria elimination requires an area to demonstrate that no new indigenous ca
HIV care preferences among young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a secondary data analysis of the PEBRA cluster randomized trial (Publications)
Introduction. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 89% of all young people living with HIV, a key population with specific challenges and needs. In-depth knowledge of service demands is needed to tailor and
Egg-laying and locomotory screens with <em>C. elegans </em>yield a nematode-selective small molecule stimulator of neurotransmitter release (Publications)
Nematode parasites of humans, livestock and crops dramatically impact human health and welfare. Alarmingly, parasitic nematodes of animals have rapidly evolved resistance to anthelmintic drugs, and tr
Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country, multi-city study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality widely differs between as well as within countries. Differences in PM2.5 composition can play a role in modifying the
Effects of a four-year health systems intervention on the use of maternal and infant health services: results from a programme evaluation in two... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Attendance of maternal and infant care services in rural Chad are consistently low. Our study aimed to assess the use of antenatal (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) services, health facility
The association of road traffic noise with problem behaviour in adolescents: a cohort study (Publications)
The findings of environmental noise exposure and behavioural disorders in children and adolescents are inconclusive, and longitudinal studies are scarce. We studied the response of behaviour and behav
Nearly complete genome sequences of eight rabies virus strains obtained from domestic carnivores in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
In this report, we describe eight nearly complete genome sequences of rabies virus strains collected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from domestic carnivores in 2017 and 2018. All of them clus
