Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to antimicrobial resistance(1). Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs in bacteri
Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for <em>Schistosoma haematobium... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for measuring global progress in schistosomiasis control classify individuals with Schistosoma spp. infections based on the concentration of excr
An antigen capture assay for the detection of mycolactone, the polyketide toxin of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
Mycolactone is a cytotoxin responsible for most of the chronic necrotizing pathology of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The polyketide toxin consists of a 12-membered lactone ring with
Caesarean sections and health financing: a global analysis (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to explore the association of health financing indicators with the proportion of births by caesarean section (CS) across countries. DESIGN: Ecological cross-
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with cardiorespiratory fitness among primary schoolchildren living in Côte d'Ivoire, South... (Publications)
Background: Physical inactivity and low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are independent cardiovascular risk factors among children, but have rarely been investigated concurrently in sub-Saharan Africa
Low sensitivity of real time PCRs targeting retrotransposon sequences for the detection of <em>Schistosoma japonicum </em>complex DNA in human serum (Publications)
While hybridization probe-based real-time PCR assays targeting highly repetitive multi-copy genome sequences for the diagnosis of S. mansoni complex or S. haematobium complex from human serum are well
Long-term neurological and psychological distress symptoms among smallholder farmers in Costa Rica with a history of acute pesticide poisoning (Publications)
Studies suggest that acute pesticide poisonings (APP) may be linked with long-term neurological effects. To examine long-term neurological and psychological distress symptoms associated with having ex
Perception of cure among leprosy patients post completion of multi-drug therapy (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a treatable disease; however, the release from treatment after completion of multidrug therapy (MDT) often does not equal absence of health problems. Consequently, sequelae inte