Causes of acute undifferentiated fever and the utility of biomarkers in Chiangrai, northern Thailand (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tropical infectious diseases like dengue, scrub typhus, murine typhus, leptospirosis, and enteric fever continue to contribute substantially to the febrile disease burden throughout Southe
Navigating fertility, reproduction and modern contraception in the fragile context of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: 'Les enfants sont une... (Publications)
Modern contraception has created new possibilities for reimagining reproductive norms and has generated new socio-cultural uncertainties in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Using ind
Novel genes and insights in complete asthma remission: a genome-wide association study on clinical and complete asthma remission (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease without a cure, though there exists spontaneous remission. Genome wide association(GWA) studies have pinpointed genes associated with asthma develop
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
Malaria control across borders: quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The transmission of malaria through population inflows from highly endemic areas with limited control efforts poses major challenges for national malaria control programmes. Several multil
Impact of climate variability on the transmission risk of malaria in northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Since the 1970s, the northern part of Cote d'Ivoire has experienced considerable fluctuation in its meteorology including a general decrease of rainfall and increase of temperature from 1970 to 2000,
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
Phytochemical study of <em>Salvia leriifolia</em> roots: rearranged abietane diterpenoids with antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Phytochemical investigation of the lipophilic extract of the roots of Salvia leriifolia resulted in the isolation of the new rearranged abietane diterpenoids leriifoliol (1) and leriifolione (2), toge
Prognostic value of quickSOFA as a predictor of 28-day mortality among febrile adult patients presenting to emergency departments in Dar es Salaam,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is a three-item clinical instrument for bedside identification of sepsis patients at risk of poor outcome. qSOFA could be a valuable triag