Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Presumptive treatment of all febrile patients with anti-malarials leads to massive over-treatment. The aim was to assess the effect of implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) o
A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia (Publications)
Measurement of malaria burden is fraught with complexity, due to the natural history of the disease, delays in seeking treatment or failure of case management. Attempts to establish an appropriate cas
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
There are already 40 cities in Africa with over 1 million inhabitants and the United Nations Environmental Programme estimates that by 2025 over 800 million people will live in urban areas. Recognizin
Plasmodium infection alters <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> detoxification gene expression (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Anopheles gambiae has been shown to change its global gene expression patterns upon Plasmodium infection. While many alterations are directly related to the mosquito's innate imm
MalHaploFreq: a computer programme for estimating malaria haplotype frequencies from blood samples (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Molecular markers, particularly those associated with drug resistance, are important surveillance tools that can inform policy choice. People infected with falciparum malaria often contain
Measurement of overall insecticidal effects in experimental hut trials (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The 'overall insecticidal effect' is a key measure used to evaluate public health pesticides for indoor use in experimental hut trials. It depends on the proportion of mosquitoes