Absence of anti-hepatitis B surface antibody after vaccination does not necessarily mean absence of immune response (Publications)
A small number of subjects vaccinated against hepatitis B do not produce anti-hepatitis B surface (HBs) antibody levels detectable by commercial assays. Others lose detectable anti-HBs at some time af
Imported schistosomiasis in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a major parasitic disease, increasingly imported into temperate climates by immigrants from and travelers to endemic areas. METHOD: To generate valid data on imported in
<em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>malaria disease manifestations in humans and transmission to<em> Anopheles gambiae</em>: a field study in Western Kenya (Publications)
Transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium is influenced by many different host, vector and parasite factors. Here we conducted a field study at Mbita, an area of endemic malaria in Western Kenya
Drug injection and HIV prevalence in inmates of Glenochil prison (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of HIV infection and drug injecting behaviour among inmates of Glenochil Prison on a specified date a year after an outbreak of hepatitis B and HIV infection. DESIGN
Prison rights: mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons (Publications)
Mandatory drugs testing of prisoners applies throughout England and Wales. Data from the 1995 pilot study in eight prisons show that the proportion testing positive for opiates or benzodiazepines rose
Anonymous HIV surveillance with risk-factor elicitation: at Perth (for men) and Cornton Vale (for women) prisons in Scotland (Publications)
434 male and 145 female prisoners were available to participate in cross-sectional, voluntary anonymous HIV surveillance (using saliva samples) with linked self-completion questionnaire at HMP (Her Ma