No HIV transmission from virally suppressed mothers during breastfeeding in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To what extent antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) during breastfeeding remains unclear. We assessed the MTCT risk from mothers on ART to their inf
Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Over one billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH), i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura. For estimating drug efficacy and monitoring anthelm
Tuberculosis outbreak investigation using phylodynamic analysis (Publications)
The fast evolution of pathogenic viruses has allowed for the development of phylodynamic approaches that extract information about the epidemiological characteristics of viral genomes. Thanks to advan
The impact of acute air pollution fluctuations on bronchiectasis pulmonary exacerbation: a case-crossover analysis (Publications)
In bronchiectasis, exacerbations are believed to be triggered by infectious agents, but often no pathogen can be identified. We hypothesized that acute air pollution exposure may be associated with br
Talking about sex in pregnancy: reflections from the field in urban South Africa (Publications)
Qualitative research with close engagement in the field allows researchers and participants to build relationships and establish trust, enabling researchers to collect meaningful and sensitive informa
<em>In vitro </em>and<em> in vivo</em> studies of the trypanocidal effect of novel quinolines (Publications)
Therapies for human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi, respectively, are limited, providing minimal therapeutic options for the millions of
Human migration and the spread of malaria parasites to the New World (Publications)
We examined the mitogenomes of a large global collection of human malaria parasites to explore how and when Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax entered the Americas. We found evidence of a significant
<em>Plasmodium vivax </em>molecular diagnostics in community surveys: pitfalls and solutions (Publications)
A distinctive feature of Plasmodium vivax infections is the overall low parasite density in peripheral blood. Thus, identifying asymptomatic infected individuals in endemic communities requires diagno