Experience and challenges from clinical trials with malaria vaccines in Africa (Publications)
Malaria vaccines are considered amongst the most important modalities for potential elimination of malaria disease and transmission. Research and development in this field has been an area of intense
Potential drug development candidates for human soil-transmitted helminthiases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Few drugs are available for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH); the benzimidazoles albendazole and mebendazole are the only drugs being used for preventive chemotherapy as they can be gi
Malaria elimination in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands: establishing a surveillance-response system to prevent introduction and reintroduction of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Solomon Islands National Malaria Programme is currently focused on intensified control and progressive elimination. Recent control efforts in Isabel Province have reduced their malaria
Modelling age-heterogeneous <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S. mansoni</em> survey data via alignment factors (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Reliable maps of the geographical distribution, number of infected individuals and burden estimates of schistosomiasis are essential tools to plan, monitor and evaluate control p
Effects of hygiene and defecation behavior on helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in Taabo, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: More than 1 billion people are currently infected with soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomes. The global strategy to control helminthiases is the regular administration of anthelmint
Generalized seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models for count data with application to malaria time series with low case numbers (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: With the renewed drive towards malaria elimination, there is a need for improved surveillance tools. While time series analysis is an important tool for surveillance, prediction and for