An experimental hut study to quantify the effect of DDT and airborne pyrethroids on entomological parameters of malaria transmission (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current malaria vector control programmes rely on insecticides with rapid contact toxicity. However, spatial repellents can also be applied to reduce man-vector contact, which might ultima
Modelling heterogeneity in malaria transmission using large sparse spatio-temporal entomological data (Publications)
Background: Malaria transmission is measured using entomological inoculation rate (EIR), number of infective mosquito bites/person/unit time. Understanding heterogeneity of malaria transmission has be
Experimental infection of the pig with <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>: a novel model for studying the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer disease (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slowly progressing, necrotising disease of the skin caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Non-ulcerative manifestations are nodules, plaques and oedema, w
Demographic model of the Swiss cattle population for the years 2009-2011 stratified by gender, age and production type (Publications)
Demographic composition and dynamics of animal and human populations are important determinants for the transmission dynamics of infectious disease and for the effect of infectious disease or environm
Disparities of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is limited knowledge on the malaria burden of school-aged children in Cote d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to assess Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity, u
Medication exposure during pregnancy: a pilot pharmacovigilance system using health and demographic surveillance platform (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is limited safety information on most drugs used during pregnancy. This is especially true for medication against tropical diseases because pharmacovigilance systems are not much dev
Collateral benefits of restricted insecticide application for control of African trypanosomiasis on <em>Theileria parva</em> in cattle: a randomized... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Tick and tsetse-borne diseases (TTBDs) constrain livestock production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Of this community of endemic diseases, East coast fever (T.parva) is
Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use (Publications)
Objectives: This study was carried out to determine diarrhoeal incidence and associated risk factors among the adult population exposed to wastewater and excreta used in agriculture in Hanam province,