Allomonal effect of breath contributes to differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Removal of exhaled air from total body emanations or artificially standardising carbon dioxide (CO2) outputs has previously been shown to eliminate differential attractiveness of humans to
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> msp1, msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of anti-malarial drugs is assessed over a period of 28-63 days (depending on the drugs' residence time) following initiation of treatment in order to capture late failures. Ho
A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being the epicenter of the HIV epidemic, uptake of HIV testing is not optimal. While qualitative studies have been undertaken to investigate factors influe
Interpreting malaria age-prevalence and incidence curves: a simulation study of the effects of different types of heterogeneity (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Individuals in a malaria endemic community differ from one another. Many of these differences, such as heterogeneities in transmission or treatment-seeking behaviour, affect mala
Interactions and potential implications of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>-hookworm coinfection in different age groups in south-central Côte... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common phenomenon in sub-Sah
Advancing drug innovation for neglected diseases-criteria for lead progression (Publications)
The current drug R&D pipeline for most neglected diseases remains weak, and unlikely to support registration of novel drug classes that meet desired target product profiles in the short term. This cal
Determinants of the cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants and children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Trials of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) and children (IPTc) have shown promising results in reducing malaria episodes but with varying efficacy and cost-effectiveness
Safety of falciparum malaria diagnostic strategy based on rapid diagnostic tests in returning travellers and migrants: a retrospective study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (RDT) allow accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment. Validation of their usefulness in travellers with fever was needed. The safety of a strategy to diag