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
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-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
Genome-wide mutational biases fuel transcriptional diversity in the <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex (Publications)
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) members display different host-specificities and virulence phenotypes. Here, we have performed a comprehensive RNAseq and methylome analysis of the main c
Safety and tolerance of lymph node biopsies from chronic HIV-1 volunteers in rural Tanzania (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 rapidly establishes a persistent infection that can be contained under life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) but not cured. One major viral reservoir is the peripheral lymph node (LN
Performance of prediction rules and guidelines in detecting serious bacterial infections among Tanzanian febrile children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health-workers in developing countries rely on clinical algorithms, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), for the management of patients, including diagnosis of