The roles of water, sanitation and hygiene in reducing schistosomiasis: a review (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Transmission of, and exposure to, the parasite result from faecal or urinary contamination of freshwater co
Malaria risk in Nigeria: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of 2010 malaria indicator survey data (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2010, the National Malaria Control Programme with the support of Roll Back Malaria partners implemented a nationally representative Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS), which assembled malar
Preliminary epidemiological survey of schistosomiasis in central and southern Liberia (Publications)
Some basic epidemiological data on schistosomiasis in central and southern Liberia were collected. A study of snail density fluctuations was carried out in waterbodies bordering the road between Harbe
Prevalence of <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> infection in slaughtered animals in south-eastern Lake Chad area in relation to husbandry practices and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Fasciolosis has been described in sub-Saharan Africa in many accounts, but the latest reports from Chad are from the 1970s. Mobile pastoralists perceive liver parasites as a significant pr
Mass distribution of free insecticide-treated nets do not interfere with continuous net distribution in Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To protect the most vulnerable groups from malaria (pregnant women and infants) the Tanzanian Government introduced a subsidy (voucher) scheme in 2004, on the basis of a public-private par
In vitro damage of cultured ookinetes of <em>Plasmodium gallinaceum</em> by digestive proteinases from susceptible <em>Aedes aegypti</em> (Publications)
After exposure to extracts from blood fed A. aegupti cultured ookinetes of P. gallinaceum were damaged to various, defined extents. Immature ookinetes were found to be more sensitive to damage than ma