Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: a cross-sectional descriptive study (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: An estimated 10,000 Burmese migrants are currently living in London. No studies have been conducted on their access to health services. Furthermore, most studies on migrants in t
Drug resistance-conferring mutations in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Monitoring drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential to curb the spread of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, drug susceptibility testing is currently not availab
Randomized, controlled trial of the long term safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants living in a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The RTS,S/AS malaria candidate vaccine is being developed with the intent to be delivered, if approved, through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health Organizatio
Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2-29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The study describes the molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in Gambian children METHODS: One hundred and thirty-two S. pneumoniae isolates were reco
Comparative genomics of the anopheline glutathione s-transferase epsilon cluster (Publications)
Enzymes of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) family play critical roles in detoxification of xenobiotics across many taxa. While GSTs are ubiquitous both in animals and plants, the GST epsilon class
Cardiac alterations in human African trypanosomiasis (<em>T.b. gambiense</em>) with respect to the disease stage and antiparasitic treatment (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In Human African Trypanosomiasis, neurological symptoms dominate and cardiac involvement has been suggested. Because of increasing resistance to the available drugs for HAT, new compounds