Helminth infections: enabling the World Health Organization road map (Publications)
Helminthiases are considered among the most persistent public health problems. Control and/or elimination remains a global health challenge and the World Health Organization Road Map highlights critic
Advancing detection and response capacities for emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Africa (Publications)
Recurrent disease outbreaks caused by a range of emerging and resurging pathogens over the past decade reveal major gaps in public health preparedness, detection, and response systems in Africa. Under
Pre-referral rectal artesunate: no cure for unhealthy systems (Publications)
Pre-referral rectal artesunate suppositories can save the lives of children with severe malaria if patients receive adequate post-referral care. A multi-country randomised controlled trial reporting o
Evaluation of nanopore sequencing for <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>drug susceptibility testing and outbreak investigation: a genomic analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been widely used for genotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) and outbreak investigation. For both applications, Illumina te
Breastfeeding duration and reported child maltreatment in a population‑based alaskan birth cohort (Publications)
Research suggests that breastfeeding may reduce child maltreatment risk. Alaska has high rates of both breastfeeding initiation and maltreatment reports to Child Protective Services (CPS). The present
The troubled puberty of malaria parasites (Publications)
Sexual differentiation of malaria parasites is essential for transmission, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Russell et al. elegantly combined a loss-of-function screen with single-
Evaluation of an electronic health record alert to improve screening and management of cardiovascular disease and stroke factors in a high-risk... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular disease and stroke risk factor screening and management by primary care providers (PCPs) have a significant impact on their patients' health. The objective of this study was
Mendelian randomisation of eosinophils and other cell types in relation to lung function and disease (Publications)
RATIONALE: Eosinophils are associated with airway inflammation in respiratory disease. Eosinophil production and survival is controlled partly by interleukin-5: anti-interleukin-5 agents reduce asthma
The perception of outpatient care quality by healthcare users in Ukraine (Publications)
Background: Ukraine has been improving the quality of health care by reforming the health care system. Evidence on healthcare users' perceptions of quality is important for future system changes. This
MEMO: mass spectrometry-based sample vectorization to explore chemodiverse datasets (Publications)
In natural products research, chemodiverse extracts coming from multiple organisms are explored for novel bioactive molecules, sometimes over extended periods. Samples are usually analyzed by liquid c