A cross cultural study of vaginal practices and sexuality: implications for sexual health (Publications)
Between 2005 and 2006, we investigated vaginal practices in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Tete, Mozambique; KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; and Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand. We sought to understand women's pr
Pouched rats' detection of tuberculosis in human sputum: comparison to culturing and polymerase chain reaction (Publications)
Setting. Tanzania. Objective. To compare microscopy as conducted in direct observation of treatment, short course centers to pouched rats as detectors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Design. Ten pouche
Optimization of purine-nitrile TbcatB inhibitors for use in vivo and evaluation of efficacy in murine models (Publications)
There are currently only four clinical drugs available for treating human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), three of which were developed over 60years ago. Despite years of effort, there has been relativ
Combination of single nucleotide polymorphism and variable-number tandem repeats for genotyping a homogenous population of <em>Mycobacterium... (Publications)
The standard 15- and 24-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) genotyping methods have demonstrated adequate discriminatory power and a small homoplasy effect for tracing tuberculosis (TB) transmi
Diagnostic genotyping of old and new world <em>Leishmania</em> species by PCR-RFLP (Publications)
We have designed a new genotyping scheme for molecular diagnosis of the different Leishmania species pathogenic to humans. This scheme is based on PCR amplified sequences from the gene for the spliced
Enhancing the routine health information system in rural southern Tanzania: successes, challenges and lessons learned (Publications)
Objective To describe and evaluate the use of handheld computers for the management of Health Management Information System data. Methods Electronic data capture took place in 11 sentinel health centr