Laboratory and field trials at Ifakara (Kilombero District, Tanzania) on the plant molluscicide <em>Swartzia madagascariensis</em> (Publications)
The molluscicidal activity of crushed seed pods of Swartzia madagascariensis was assessed by laboratory and field trials. Mature dry seed pods were ground and extracted in tap water for 24 h. Water ex
Improved protective efficacy of a species-specific DNA vaccine encoding mycolyl-transferase Ag85A from <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> by homologous... (Publications)
Vaccination with plasmid DNA encoding Ag85A from M. bovis BCG can partially protect C57BL/6 mice against a subsequent footpad challenge with M. ulcerans. Unfortunately, this cross-reactive protection
Molecular characterization of <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> strains isolated from cattle slaughtered at two abattoirs in Algeria (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Bovine Tuberculosis is prevalent in Algeria despite governmental attempts to control the disease. The objective of this study was to conduct, for the first time, molecular characterization
Costs of illness due to cholera, costs of immunization and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a supplementary tool to conventional prevention of cholera. Dukoral, a killed whole-cell two-dose OCV, was us
Development of a temperature-switch PCR-based SNP typing method for <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans), the causative agent of the devastating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), is characterized by an extremely low level of genetic diversity. Recently, we have reported
Human exposure to anopheline mosquitoes occurs primarily indoors, even for users of insecticide-treated nets in Luangwa Valley, south-east Zambia (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Current front line malaria vector control methods such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), rely upon the preference of many primary vect
Cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) for averting anaemia in Gabon: a comparison between intention to... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In Gabon, the impact of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) was not statistically significant on malaria reduction, but the impact on moderate anaemia
Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infection: a randomized controlled... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The currently used anthelmintic drugs, in single oral application, have low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura infection, and hence novel anthelmintic drugs are needed. Nitazoxanide has