Civil registration and vital statistics: progress in the data revolution for counting and accountability (Publications)
New momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is building, driven by the confluence of growing demands for accountability and results in health, improved equity, and rights-based app
Human African trypanosomiasis prevention, treatment and control costs: a systematic review (Publications)
The control and eventual elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) requires the expansion of current control and surveillance activities. A systematic review of the published literature on th
Efficacy and safety of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine with or without a booster dose in infants and children in Africa: final results of a phase 3,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The efficacy and safety of the RTS,S/AS01 candidate malaria vaccine during 18 months of follow-up have been published previously. Herein, we report the final results from the same trial, i
Microbial and chemical contamination of water, sediment and soil in the Nakivubo wetland area in Kampala, Uganda (Publications)
The reuse of domestic and industrial wastewater in urban settings of the developing world may harm the health of people through direct contact or via contaminated urban agricultural products and drink
Southern East Asian origin and coexpansion of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> Beijing family with Han Chinese (Publications)
The Beijing family is the most successful genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and responsible for more than a quarter of the global tuberculosis epidemic. As the predominant genotype in East Asia,
Soudanones A-G: antifungal isochromanones from the ascomycetous fungus <em>Cadophora</em> sp. isolated from an iron mine (Publications)
One new isochromane (pseudoanguillosporin C, 2), seven isochromanones (soudanones A-G, 3-9), and six known analogues including 10 and 11 were isolated from a culture of the fungus Cadophora sp. 10-5-2
<em>In vivo</em> biosynthesis of terpene nucleosides provides unique chemical markers of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> infection (Publications)
Although small molecules shed from pathogens are widely used to diagnose infection, such tests have not been widely implemented for tuberculosis. Here we show that the recently identified compound, 1-
Host-directed therapies for tackling multi-drug resistant TB - learning from the Pasteur-Bechamp debates (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually. For several decades the major focus of TB treatment has been on antibiotic development targeting Mycobact
Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis [Comment] (Publications)
The treatment of tuberculosis is based on combinations of drugs that directly target Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A new global initiative is now focusing on a complementary approach of developing adjun
The lipid-modifying enzyme SMPDL3B negatively regulates innate immunity (Publications)
Lipid metabolism and receptor-mediated signaling are highly intertwined processes that cooperate to fulfill cellular functions and safeguard cellular homeostasis. Activation of Toll-like receptors (TL