Travel case scenarios as a demonstration of risk assessment of VFR travelers: introduction to criteria and evidence-based definition and framework (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Travel-associated health risks need to be balanced against the positive opportunities associated with interregional travel. As the perceived and real spectrum of health risks related to in
Melarsoprol- and pentamidine-resistant <em>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</em> populations and their cross-resistance (Publications)
Resistance to melarsoprol and pentamidine was induced in bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense STIB 900 in vitro, and drug sensitivity was determined for melarsoprol, pentamidine and furamid
The visiting friends or relatives traveler in the 21st century: time for a new definition (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Travelers visiting friends or relatives (VFR travelers) are a group identified with an increased risk of travel-related illness. Changes in global mobility, travel patterns, and inter-regi
Characterization of treatment failure in efficacy trials of drugs against <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> by genotyping neutral and drug... (Publications)
Plasmodium vivax intervention trials customarily report uncorrected treatment failure rates. Application of recrudescence-reinfection genotyping and drug resistance single-nucleotide polymorphism typi
Bayesian spatial risk prediction of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection in western Côte d'Ivoire using a remotely-sensed digital elevation... (Publications)
An important epidemiologic feature of schistosomiasis is the focal distribution of the disease. Thus, the identification of high-risk communities is an essential first step for targeting interventions