Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Ongoing epidemiological transitions across Africa are particularly evident in fast-growing towns, such as Ifakara in the Kilombero valley, south-eastern Tanzania. This town and its environ
Comparative pan-genomic analyses of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi </em>reveal an exceptional model of bacterial evolution driving genomic diversity (Publications)
Orientia tsutsugamushi, formerly Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes scrub typhus, an underdiagnosed acute febrile disease with high morbidity. Scrub typhus is
Novel high-throughput screening method using quantitative PCR to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi... (Publications)
Objectives: To develop a method to enable the large-scale antimicrobial susceptibility screening of Orientia tsutsugamushi clinical isolates, using one timepoint and one concentration of antibiotics t
Case report: concurrent sympatric scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever in Japan (Publications)
Scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever-both rickettsial diseases-are endemic and notifiable in Japan and may cause a fatal outcome without prompt treatment. Here we present the first case of a concur
Identifying risk of viral failure in treated HIV-infected patients using different measures of adherence: the Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort... (Publications)
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical for successful treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), but comparisons across settings are difficult because adherence is measured in dif
Methionine-containing rhabdopeptide/xenortide-like peptides from heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene cluster <em>kj12ABC</em> in... (Publications)
Seven new methionine-containing rhabdopeptide/xenortide-like peptides (1-7) were identified from Escherichia coli expressing the rhabdopeptide/xenortide-like peptide biosynthetic gene cluster kj12ABC
Baseline exposure, antibody subclass, and hepatitis B response differentially affect malaria protective immunity following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The RTS,S/AS01E vaccine provides partial protection against malaria in African children, but immune responses have only been partially characterized and do not reliably predict protective
Risk factors of brucellosis seropositivity in Bactrian camels of Mongolia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: More information on brucellosis epidemiology in Bactrian camels is needed due to their growing economic and livelihood importance for herders and renewed efforts in Mongolia to eliminate b
A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid identification of <em>Bemisia tabaci</em> (Publications)
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is an invasive pest of considerable importance, affecting the production of vegetable and ornamental crops in many countries around the world. Severe yield loss