The public health impact of malaria vaccine RTS,S in malaria endemic Africa: country-specific predictions using 18 month follow-up Phase III data and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate recently completed Phase III trials in 11 African sites. Recommendations for its deployment will partly depend on predictions of public health impa
Incidence, remission and mortality of convulsive epilepsy in rural Northeast South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions globally, estimated to constitute 0.75% of the global burden of disease, with the majority of this burden found in low- and middl
Use of insecticide quantification kits to investigate the quality of spraying and decay rate of bendiocarb on different wall surfaces in Kagera... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Bendiocarb was introduced for the first time for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Tanzania in 2012 as part of the interim national insecticide resistance management plan. This move follow
Effective coverage and systems effectiveness for malaria case management in sub-Saharan African countries (Publications)
Scale-up of malaria preventive and control interventions over the last decade resulted in substantial declines in mortality and morbidity from the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and many other parts of
Maturation and mip-1beta production of cytomegalovirus-specific T cell responses in Tanzanian children, adolescents and adults: impact by HIV and... (Publications)
It is well accepted that aging and HIV infection are associated with quantitative and functional changes of CMV-specific T cell responses. We studied here the expression of Mip-1beta and the T cell ma
Association between advanced glycation end products and impaired fasting glucose: results from the SALIA study (Publications)
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes and related complications, whereas their role in the early deterioration of glycaemia is unknown. While prev