"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
Validation of the protein kinase <em>Pf</em>CLK3 as a multistage cross-species malarial drug target (Publications)
The requirement for next-generation antimalarials to be both curative and transmission-blocking necessitates the identification of previously undiscovered druggable molecular pathways. We identified a
The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting: a prospective multicentre cohort study after introduction of routine viral load... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: For HIV-positive individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine viral load (VL) monitoring. We report on the cascade of care in indiv
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
Facets of clinical stigma after attempted suicide in Mumbai, India (Publications)
Community stigma studies may neglect clinically relevant experience and views of stigma that are important features of mental health problems. After attempting suicide, patients in a hospital emergenc
Nearly complete genome sequence of a novel phlebovirus-like virus detected in a human plasma sample by high-throughput sequencing (Publications)
Here, we report a novel phlebovirus-like virus sequence detected in a plasma sample from a febrile adult patient collected in the United Republic of Tanzania in 2014. A nearly complete RNA sequence wa
Glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes followed in a rural African primary care setting - a reality check in the Democratic Republic of... (Publications)
AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess diabetes control in adult patients with type II diabetes and to evaluate its association with socio-economic characteristics in rural the Democratic Republic
Can trials of spatial repellents be used to estimate mosquito movement? (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of mosquito movement would aid the design of effective intervention strategies against malaria. However, data on mosquito movement through mark-recapture or genetics studies are
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
There is limited evidence for short-term association between mortality and ambient air pollution in the Middle East and no study has evaluated exposure windows of about a month prior to death. We inve