The trypanocidal benzoxaborole AN7973 inhibits trypanosome mRNA processing (Publications)
Kinetoplastid parasites-trypanosomes and leishmanias-infect millions of humans and cause economically devastating diseases of livestock, and the few existing drugs have serious deficiencies. Benzoxabo
Transmission of hepatitis B and D viruses in an African rural community (Publications)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 257 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), with approximately 15 million of them being coinfecte
Connaissances-attitudes-pratiques des agents de santé humaine et animale sur la rage au Tchad (Publications)
Introduction: Rabies, an infectious disease mainly transmitted by dog bites, is fatal due to lack of appropriate knowledge-attitudes-practices (KAP). The KAP of healthcare providers are particularly i
Development and evaluation of a multiplex quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for hookworm species in human stool (Publications)
Hookworm disease caused by Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Ancylostoma ceylanicum affects half a billion people worldwide. The prevalence and intensity of infection of individual hookwo
The prevalence of brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis in ruminants in Sidi Kacem Province, Morocco (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and brucellosis are major endemic zoonoses in ruminants in Morocco that impact on both animal and human health. This study presents an assessment of the epidemiological and s
No HIV transmission from virally suppressed mothers during breastfeeding in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: To what extent antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) during breastfeeding remains unclear. We assessed the MTCT risk from mothers on ART to their inf
Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted by trematodes belonging to the genus Schistosoma. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the prevalence of schist
Maternal age at delivery, lung function and asthma in offspring: a population-based survey (Publications)
There is limited information about potential impact of maternal age on the respiratory health of offspring. We investigated the association of maternal age at delivery with adult offspring's lung func
Linking gender, extramarital affairs, and HIV: a mixed methods study on contextual determinants of extramarital affairs in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Extramarital sex is a potential driver of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission for long-term couples in sub-Saharan Africa. It is increasingly recognized that preventing sexual
Causes of acute undifferentiated fever and the utility of biomarkers in Chiangrai, northern Thailand (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tropical infectious diseases like dengue, scrub typhus, murine typhus, leptospirosis, and enteric fever continue to contribute substantially to the febrile disease burden throughout Southe