Raw sap consumption habits and its association with knowledge of nipah virus in two endemic districts in Bangladesh (Publications)
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our
Assessing the presence of <em>Wuchereria bancrofti</em> in vector and human populations from urban communities in Conakry, Guinea (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000 with the goal of interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) through multiple rounds of mass drug adm
Health system guidance appraisal-concept evaluation and usability testing (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health system guidance (HSG) provides recommendations aimed to address health system challenges. However, there is a paucity of methods to direct, appraise, and report HSG. Earlier researc
Postpartum traditions and nutrition practices among urban Lao women and their infants in Vientiane, Lao PDR (Publications)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To assess the traditional postpartum practices, mother and child nutritional status and associated factors. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 41 randomly selected vill
Artemisinins and synthetic trioxolanes in the treatment of helminth infections (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Helminthiases, including schistosomiasis and food-borne trematodiasis, affect millions of people. Just a few drugs are used for the treatment and control of these diseases. We revie
<em>Fasciola hepatica</em>: surface tegumental responses to in vitro and in vivo treatment with the experimental fasciolicide OZ78 (Publications)
The tegumental alterations in adult Fasciola hepatica induced by the experimental fasciolide OZ78 were investigated utilizing scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Twelve weeks post-infection with F. he