Varying efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in two similar trials: public health implications (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in infants resulted in different estimates of clinical malaria protection in two trials that used the same pro
Exposure to moderate air pollution during late pregnancy and cord blood cytokine secretion in healthy neonates (Publications)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Ambient air pollution can alter cytokine concentrations as shown in vitro and following short-term exposure to high air pollution levels in vivo. Exposure to pollution during la
Optimization and validation of multi-coloured capillary electrophoresis for genotyping of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> merozoite surface proteins... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum based on PCR amplification of the polymorphic genes encoding the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 (msp1 and msp2) is well established in the field of
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Niger: cost effectiveness of school based and community distributed mass drug administration (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2004 Niger established a large scale schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths control programme targeting children aged 5-14 years and adults. In two years 4.3 million treatments
The effect of egg embryonation on field-use of a hookworm benzimidazole-sensitivity egg hatch assay in Yunnan province, People's Republic of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current efforts to control human soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) involve the periodic mass administration of benzimidazole drugs to school aged children and other at- risk groups. Given
Simplified models of vector control impact upon malaria transmission by zoophagic mosquitoes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: High coverage of personal protection measures that kill mosquitoes dramatically reduce malaria transmission where vector populations depend upon human blood. However, most primary malaria
Diagnosis, treatment and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in schoolchildren in Cambodia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, an estimated 30 to 100 million people are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a soil-transmitted helminth. Information on the parasite is scarce in most settings. In semi-r
Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In regions where access to clean water and the provision of a sanitary infrastructure has not been sustainable, cholera continues to pose an important public health burden. Altho