Estimating the seroincidence of scrub typhus using antibody dynamics after infection (Publications)
Scrub typhus, a vector-borne bacterial infection, is an important but neglected disease globally. Accurately characterizing the burden is challenging because of nonspecific symptoms and limited diagno
Two decades of air pollution health risk assessment: insights from the use of WHO’s AirQ and AirQ+ tools (Publications)
Objectives: We evaluated studies that used the World Health Organization’s (WHO) AirQ and AirQ+ tools for air pollution (AP) health risk assessment (HRA) and provided best practice suggestions for fut
Predicting openness of communication in families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome: natural language processing analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In health care research, patient-reported opinions are a critical element of personalized medicine and contribute to optimal health care delivery. The importance of integrating natural lan
Burden of chronic pain among adult pastoralists in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional household survey (Publications)
Chronic pain is a major global health problem. Untreated pain causes particular suffering in marginalized communities. Most studies investigating chronic pain in sub-Saharan Africa stem from South Afr
Cardiac cystic echinococcosis-a systematic review and analysis of the literature (Publications)
Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato, primarily affecting the liver and lungs. Although the heart is
Multicountry distribution and characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-associated gram-negative bacteria from bloodstream infections in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health concern, yet, there are noticeable gaps in AMR surveillance data in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to measure the prev
Information und Wissen in der internationalen Gesundheitsforschung (Publications)
Knowledge and information in international health (IH) is at a multidimensional intersection between cultures, between academic and non-academic, local knowledge and scientific disciplines, that encom
A weighted genetic risk score of adult glioma susceptibility loci associated with pediatric brain tumor risk (Publications)
Genetic risk score (GRS) is used to demonstrate the genetic variants contributing to the polygenic architecture of complex diseases. By using a GRS, we have investigated the additive impact of the kno