VIBRA trial - effect of village-based refill of ART following home-based same-day ART initiation vs clinic-based ART refill on viral suppression among... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is a need for evaluating community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery models to improve overall performance of HIV programs, specifically in populations that may have diffic
Heterologous production and functional characterization of ageritin, a novel type of ribotoxin highly expressed during fruiting of the edible mushroom... (Publications)
Fungi produce various defense proteins against antagonists including ribotoxins. These toxins cleave a single phosphodiester bond within the universally conserved sarcin-ricin loop of ribosomes and in
The impact of pastoralist mobility on tuberculosis control in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-synthesis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) is the current mainstay to control tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Context-specific adaptations of DOTS have impending implications in the fig
"There is a cat on our ward": inpatient and staff member attitudes toward and experiences with cats in a psychiatric ward (Publications)
The aim of this study was to investigate inpatient and staff member attitudes toward and experiences with ward cats, and identify possible mechanisms for how cats affect patient satisfaction in a psyc
Short course amphotericin B in addition to sertraline and fluconazole for treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for 15% of all AIDS-mortality globally. Most cases in low- and middle-income countries are treated with fluconazole monotherapy, which is associated with a
Dog ecology, bite incidence, and disease awareness: a cross-sectional survey among a rabies-affected community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Publications)
Despite the existence of safe and efficacious human and animal rabies vaccines, millions of people remain at risk of exposure to this deadly zoonotic disease through bites of infected dogs. Sub-Sahara