'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi (Publications)
The route from family planning intentions to practices is not linear, it is contingent on different social factors including the preferences of individuals and couples, their gendered positions and ba
Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Inconsistent data exist regarding the influence of parasitic infection on the prevalence of allergic sensitization and disorders. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of geohelminth and pr
Analysis of nucleic acids extracted from rapid diagnostic tests reveals a significant proportion of false positive test results associated with recent... (Publications)
Background: Surveillance programmes often use malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to determine the proportion of the population carrying parasites in their peripheral blood to assess the malaria tra
The empirical support for the radical cure strategy for eliminating <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in China (Publications)
BACKGROUND: With the recent certification by World Health Organization that the People's Republic of China is malaria-free, it is timely to consider how elimination of malaria was completed in People'
Transcriptional correlates of malaria in RTS,S/AS01-vaccinated African children: a matched case-control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In a phase 3 trial in African infants and children, the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine (GSK) showed moderate efficacy against clinical malaria. We sought to further understand RTS,S/AS01-induced immun
TIDE analysis of <em>Cryptosporidium </em>infections by <em>gp60 </em>typing reveals obscured mixed infections (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease associated with potentially fatal diarrhea. The most used method in Cryptosporidium subtyping is based on the glycoprotein gene gp60. Each infectio
Whole-genome sequence-informed MALDI-TOF MS diagnostics reveal importance of <em>Klebsiella oxytoca</em> group in invasive infections: a retrospective... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Klebsiella spp. are opportunistic pathogens which can cause severe infections, are often multi-drug resistant and are a common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Multiple new Klebsiell
Same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation for people living with HIV who have tuberculosis symptoms: a systematic review (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis symptoms are very common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART), are not specific for tuberculosis disease and may result in delayed ART
Truncated S-MGBs: towards a parasite-specific and low aggregation chemotype (Publications)
This paper describes the design and synthesis of Strathclyde minor groove binders (S-MGBs) that have been truncated by the removal of a pyrrole ring in order to mimic the structure of the natural prod
Association of transportation noise with sleep during the first year of life: a longitudinal study (Publications)
STUDY OBJECTIVES: During infancy, adequate sleep is crucial for physical and neurocognitive development. In adults and children, night-time noise exposure is associated with sleep disturbances. Howeve