Estimating sensitivity of the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>and hookworm in relation to infection intensity (Publications)
The Kato-Katz technique is the most widely used diagnostic method in epidemiologic surveys and drug efficacy trials pertaining to intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. However
Malaria case management by community health workers in the Central African Republic from 2009-2014: overcoming challenges of access and instability... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In the Central African Republic (CAR), decades of armed conflict have crippled the public health system. This has left the population without timely access to life-saving services and ther
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990-2016: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: As mortality rates decline, life expectancy increases, and populations age, non-fatal outcomes of diseases and injuries are becoming a larger component of the global burden of disease. The
Immunohistochemical investigations of treatment with Ro 13-3978, praziquantel, oxamniquine and mefloquine in <em>Schistosoma mansoni-</em>infected... (Publications)
To date there is only one drug in use, praziquantel, to treat more than 250 million people afflicted with schistosomiasis, a debilitating parasitic disease. The aryl hydantoin Ro 13-3978 is a promisin
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV Option B+ cascade in rural Tanzania: the one stop clinic model (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strategies to improve the uptake of Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) are needed. We integrated HIV and maternal, newborn and child health services in a One Stop Cl
Residential air pollution and associations with wheeze and shortness of breath in adults: a combined analysis of cross-sectional data from two large... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Research examining associations between air pollution exposure and respiratory symptoms in adults has generally been inconclusive. This may be related in part to sample size issues, which
The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Uganda, malaria vector control interventions and case management with Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs) have been scaled up over the last few years as a result of increased fundi
Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is a vector-borne zoonotic disease that can be life-threatening. There are no licensed vaccines, or vector control efforts in place. Despite increasing awareness in endemic re