<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: malaria morbidity is associated with specific merozoite surface antigen 2 genotypes (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen 2 (MSA2) is considered a vaccine candidate in a subunit vaccine against blood stage malaria. In order to test if a specific genotype of the highly polym
Performance of the Xpert((R)) MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy: a pilot study from Tanzania [Short communication] (Publications)
In this pilot study, we evaluated the Xpert((R)) MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy, using two spot sputum samples collected within a 1-hour interval from household contacts of smear-pos
Ascertaining <em>in vivo</em> virulence of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineages in patients in Mbeya, Tanzania (Publications)
We evaluated the relationship between the degree of immunodeficiency indicated by the number of circulating CD4+ T-cells and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages identified by spoligotyping and mycobac