Health-related quality of life and its association with medication adherence in active pulmonary tuberculosis- a systematic review of global... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Clinical parameters are important objective outcomes in TB; however they often are not directly correlate
Direct susceptibility testing of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> for pyrazinamide using the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (Publications)
Pyrazinamide is a key antituberculosis drug, yet no rapid susceptibility test is commercially available. PZA drug susceptibility testing (DST) was performed directly on the sputum from 327 patients an
Comparative performance of three experimental hut designs for measuring malaria vector responses to insecticides in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Experimental huts are simplified, standardized representations of human habitations that provide model systems to evaluate insecticides used in indoor residual spray (IRS) and long-lasting
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The role of micronutrients particularly zinc in childhood diarrhoea is well established. Immunomodulatory functions of vitamin-D in diarrhoea and its role in the effect of other
Molecular biogeography of red deer Cervus elaphus from eastern Europe: insights from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Publications)
European red deer are known to show a conspicuous phylogeographic pattern with three distinct mtDNA lineages (western, eastern and North-African/Sardinian). The western lineage, believed to be indicat
Poor validity of noninvasive hemoglobin measurements by pulse oximetry compared with conventional absorptiometry in children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Anemia remains a major public health issue in many African communities. We compared a novel, commercially available noninvasive hemoglobin (Hb)-measuring device to direct Hb measurements by finger-pri
Seasonal dynamics of human retinol status in mobile pastoralists in Chad (Publications)
Vitamin A deficiency is a prevalent public health problem in Africa and South-East Asia, although national population based surveys are lacking in many countries. This study investigated seasonal vari