Identification of the <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> protein MUL_3720 as a promising target for the development of a diagnostic test for Buruli ulcer (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU) caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is a devastating skin disease, occurring mainly in remote West African communities with poor access to health care. Early case detection and subseque
Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a notoriously underreported and neglected disease of low-income countries. This study aims to estimate the public health and economic burden of rabies circulating in domestic dog
Simple fecal flotation is a superior alternative to guadruple kato katz smear examination for the detection of hookworm eggs in human stool (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Microscopy-based identification of eggs in stool offers simple, reliable and economical options for assessing the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections, and for monitoring the su
Made-to-measure malaria vector control strategies: rational design based on insecticide properties and coverage of blood resources for mosquitoes (Publications)
Eliminating malaria from highly endemic settings will require unprecedented levels of vector control. To suppress mosquito populations, vector control products targeting their blood hosts must attain
Increasing role of <em>Anopheles funestus</em> and <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in malaria transmission in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In order to sustain the gains achieved by current malaria control strategies, robust surveillance systems that monitor dynamics of vectors and their roles in malaria transmission over time
The contribution of reduction in malaria as a cause of rapid decline of under-five mortality: evidence from the Rufiji Health and Demographic... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Under-five mortality has been declining rapidly in a number of sub-Saharan African settings. Malaria-related mortality is known to be a major component of childhood causes of death and mal