Sociocultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of pandemic influenza vaccine in Pune, India: a community survey using mixed-methods (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate community priority and determinants of pandemic influenza vaccine acceptance in Pune, India. Community willingness to accept vaccines is often neglected in pandemic prepared
Critical evaluation of molecular monitoring in malaria drug efficacy trials and pitfalls of length-polymorphic markers (Publications)
Estimation of drug efficacy in antimalarial drug trials requires parasite genotyping to distinguish new infections from treatment failures. When using length-polymorphic molecular markers, preferentia
Performance of health workers using an electronic algorithm for the management of childhood illness in Tanzania: a pilot implementation study (Publications)
In low-resource settings, where qualified health workers (HWs) are scarce and childhood mortality high, rational antimicrobial prescription for childhood illnesses is a challenge. To assess whether sm
Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that good district management practices can improve health system performance and conversely, that poor and inefficient management practices have detrimental e
Efficacy and safety of mefloquine, artesunate, mefloquine-artesunate, tribendimidine, and praziquantel in patients with <em>Opisthorchis... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Praziquantel is the only drug available for treatment of Opisthorchis viverrini, although in-vivo studies point to activity of mefloquine, artesunate, and tribendimidine against this liver
PCR diagnosis of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> and <em>Haplorchis taichui</em> infections in a Lao community in an area of endemicity and comparison... (Publications)
Opisthorchiasis is a major public health problem in Southeast Asia. Affected individuals often have mixed infections with the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini and minute intestinal flukes such as Ha
Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of methylation in children related to prenatal NO2 air pollution exposure (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to air pollution is considered to be associated with adverse effects on child health. This may partly be mediated by mechanisms related to DNA methylation. OBJECTIVES: We