Dynamics of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> egg output and associated infection parameters following treatment with praziquantel in school-aged... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Praziquantel is the drug of choice in preventive chemotherapy targeting schistosomiasis. Increasing large-scale administration of praziquantel requires monitoring of drug efficac
Costs of illness due to cholera, costs of immunization and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a supplementary tool to conventional prevention of cholera. Dukoral, a killed whole-cell two-dose OCV, was us
Development of a temperature-switch PCR-based SNP typing method for <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans), the causative agent of the devastating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), is characterized by an extremely low level of genetic diversity. Recently, we have reported
Motivational brief intervention for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in travelers: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the frequent risks encountered by travelers. Efficient interventions are needed to improve the understanding of the risks of STIs
Human exposure to anopheline mosquitoes occurs primarily indoors, even for users of insecticide-treated nets in Luangwa Valley, south-east Zambia (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Current front line malaria vector control methods such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), rely upon the preference of many primary vect
Cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) for averting anaemia in Gabon: a comparison between intention to... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In Gabon, the impact of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) was not statistically significant on malaria reduction, but the impact on moderate anaemia
Ziehl-neelsen staining technique can diagnose paragonimiasis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the Ziehl-Neelsen staining (ZNS) technique for the diagnosis of paragonimiasis in Laos and compared different modifications of the ZNS techniques. METHODOLOGY: WE APPLIED THE
Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against <em>Trichuris trichiura</em> infection: a randomized controlled... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The currently used anthelmintic drugs, in single oral application, have low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura infection, and hence novel anthelmintic drugs are needed. Nitazoxanide has
Immunogenicity of a virosomally-formulated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> GLURP-MSP3 chimeric protein-based malaria vaccine candidate in comparison to... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In clinical trials, immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes (IRIVs) have shown great potential as a versatile antigen delivery platform for synthetic peptides derive