HIV infection in women: immunological markers and the influence of pregnancy (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To describe the influence of pregnancy on immunological marker paths and progression of HIV-infected women. DESIGN: Analysis of prospectively collected immunological and clinical data colle
Deaths, HIV infection, abstinence, and other outcomes in a cohort of injecting drug users followed up for 10 years (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To trace, follow up, and interview a group of patients known to be injecting drug users in order to establish current drug taking and other features related to drug use over 10 years. DESIG
TrypanoCyc: a community-led biochemical pathways database for <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
The metabolic network of a cell represents the catabolic and anabolic reactions that interconvert small molecules (metabolites) through the activity of enzymes, transporters and non-catalyzed chemical
Perceived illness drives participation in mass deworming campaigns in Laos (Publications)
Multiple helminth infections are very common in communities of southern Laos. Preventive chemotherapy in combination with health education is the mainstay of control. We assessed the knowledge, percep
Insect-specific production of new GameXPeptides in <em>Photorhabdus luminescens</em> TTO1, widespread natural products in entomopathogenic bacteria (Publications)
Discovery of new natural products by heterologous expression reaches its limits, especially when specific building blocks are missing in the heterologous host or the production medium. Here, we descri
Towards effective prevention and control of helminth neglected tropical diseases in the Western Pacific Region through multi-disease and... (Publications)
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause serious health, social and economic burdens in the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region. Among the NTDs, helminth infections
Reliability of fully automated versus visually controlled pre- and post-processing of resting-state EEG (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the reliability of a newly developed MatlabĀ® toolbox for the fully automated, pre- and post-processing of resting state EEG (automated analysis, AA) with the reliability of analy
Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improved sanitation has been shown to have great impacts on people's health and economy. However, the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on halving the proportio