Geographic distribution, age pattern and sites of lesions in a cohort of Buruli ulcer patients from the mape basin of cameroon (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, occurs most frequently in children in West Africa. Risk factors for BU include proximity to slow flowing
Local concepts of anemia-related illnesses and public health implications in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A 14-month prospective longitudinal study conducted in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system (HDSS), south-central Côte d'Ivoire, revealed high prevalence of anemia in different
Experience of safety monitoring in the context of a prospective observational study of artemether-lumefantrine in rural Tanzania: lessons learned for... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: Objectives To identify and implement strategies that help meet safety monitoring requirements in the context of an observational study for artemether-lumefantrine (AL) administered as first-
Cloning of the repertoire of individual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> var genes using Transformation Associated Recombination (TAR) (Publications)
One of the major virulence factors of the malaria causing parasite is the Plasmodium falciparum encoded erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). It is translocated to It the membrane of infected eryth
MalariaSphere: a greenhouse-enclosed simulation of a natural <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) ecosystem in western Kenya (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The development and implementation of innovative vector control strategies for malaria control in Africa requires in-depth ecological studies in contained semi-field environments. This par
Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of livestock <em>Brucella melitensis</em> isolates from Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
The incidence of human brucellosis in Kyrgyzstan has been increasing in the last years and was identified as a priority disease needing most urgent control measures in the livestock population. The la
Do health workers' preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers' attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Due to growing antimalarial drug resistance, Tanzania changed malaria treatment policies twice within a decade. First in 2001 chloroquine (CQ) was replaced by sulfadoxine-pyrimet