Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up (LDFU) contribute to substantial increase in tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality. We examined factors, including perceive
Screening strategy for Chagas disease in a non-endemic country (Switzerland): a prospective evaluation (Publications)
The WHO recommends screening of Latin American migrants for Chagas disease to reduce morbidity and mortality and increase the likelihood of eradicating the disease. The objective was to assess the fea
Retention in care and virological failure among adult HIV+ patients on second-line ART in Rwanda: a national representative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Currently, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this challenge, outcomes of second-line protease inh
Correlates and outcomes of alcohol use after single solid organ transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reviews on alcohol use in transplant recipients focus on liver recipients and their risk of post-transplant rejection, but do not assess alcohol use in kidney, heart, or lung transplant re
Quantification of viable bacterial load in artificial sputum spiked with <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Artificial sputum spiked with Mycobacterium tuberculosis could serve for validation of procedures that determine viable mycobacterial load. DESIGN: Artificial sputum specimens prepared in-h
Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low- and middle-income countries: further efforts needed for reducing environmental health... (Publications)
This paper provides a view of the major facts and figures related to infectious diseases with a focus on food-borne and water-borne diseases and their link with environmental factors and climate chang
Human <em>Dirofilaria repens</em> infection in romania: a case report (Publications)
Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the filarial nematodes of dogs Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. Depending on the species involved, human infections usually m
Diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis by antibody specificity index and semi-quantitative real-time PCR from cerebrospinal fluid and serum (Publications)
We describe the case of a 16-year-old German male expatriate from Ghana who presented with obstipation, dysuria, dysaesthesia of the gluteal region and the lower limbs, bilateral plantar hypaesthesia
High detection rate of <em>Rickettsia africae</em> in <em>Amblyomma variegatum</em> but low prevalence of anti-rickettsial antibodies in healthy... (Publications)
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Madagascar, the endemicity of tick-borne rickettsiae and their vectors has been incomplete
