Discovery of infection associated metabolic markers in human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains a major neglected tropical disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. As clinical symptoms are usually non-specific, new diagnostic and prognostic markers are urgently
Generating super-shedders: co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth (Publications)
Co-infection by multiple parasites is common within individuals. Interactions between co-infecting parasites include resource competition, direct competition and immune-mediated interactions and each
Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Anaemia is a major health problem worldwide. Global estimates of anaemia burden are crucial for developing appropriate interventions to meet current international targets for disease mitig
Seroprevalence of <em>Coxiella burnetii</em> in an indigenous population from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia (Publications)
Coxiella burnetii is an underreported zoonotic pathogen in many rural regions globally. We investigated C. burnetii exposure in a remote indigenous tribe residing in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,
Urinary pesticide mixture patterns and exposure determinants in the adult population from the Netherlands and Switzerland: application of a suspect... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Non-occupational sources of pesticide exposure may include domestic pesticide usage, diet, occupational exposure of household members, and agricultural activities in the residential area
Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Sustainable livestock production remains crucial for attainment of food security globally and for safeguarding the livelihoods of many households in low- and -middle income countries. Ho
High prevalence of TB multimorbidity among adults of a tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, with approximately 1.5 million deaths in 2020. TB often coexists with chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases, but data to
Effect of ambient air pollution on hospital admission for respiratory diseases in Hanoi children during 2007-2019 (Publications)
Air pollution poses a threat to children's respiratory health. This study aims to quantify the association between short-term air pollution exposure and respiratory hospital admissions among children
Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in school-age children has been implemented since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy
Evidence synthesis of observational studies in environmental health: lessons learned from a systematic review on traffic-related air pollution (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is a long tradition in environmental health of using frameworks for evidence synthesis, such as those of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its Integrated Science Assessmen