Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities of Ghana (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU
Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Contact tracing of tuberculosis (TB) patients is rarely performed in low-income countries. Our objective was to assess the outcome of and compliance with directly observed treatment (DOTS)
Childhood brain tumours and use of mobile phones: comparison of a case-control study with incidence data (Publications)
ABSTRACT: The first case-control study on mobile phone use and brain tumor risk among children and adolescents (CEFALO study) has recently been published. In a commentary published in Environmental He
The synthetic<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> circumsporozoite peptide PfCS102 as a malaria vaccine candidate: a randomized controlled phase I trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Fully efficient vaccines against malaria pre-erythrocytic stage are still lacking. The objective of this dose/adjuvant-finding study was to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunoge
The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination.... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Community engagement and participation has played a critical role in successful disease control and elimination campaigns in many countries. Despite this, its benefits for malari
The genome of <em>Mycobacterium africanum</em> west African 2 reveals a lineage-specific locus and genome erosion common to the <em>M.... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: M. africanum West African 2 constitutes an ancient lineage of the M. tuberculosis complex that commonly causes human tuberculosis in West Africa and has an attenuated phenotype relative to