City-dwellers and country folks: lack of population differentiation along an urban-rural gradient in the mosquito <em>Culex pipiens</em> (Diptera:... (Publications)
Mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) occur in natural, urban, and peri-urban areas throughout the globe. Although the characteristics of urban and peri-urban habitats differ from those of natural habitats
Strain diversity and the evolution of antibiotic resistance (Publications)
Drug resistance is best thought of as an ongoing biological process. Resistant bacteria must emerge, become established and ultimately transmit in order to be relevant to human health. In this context
Perceptions and experiences of childhood vaccination communication strategies among caregivers and health workers in Nigeria: a qualitative study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Effective vaccination communication with parents is critical in efforts to overcome barriers to childhood vaccination, tackle vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccination coverage. Health wor
Biological and epidemiological consequences of MTBC diversity (Publications)
Tuberculosis is caused by different groups of bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). The combined action of human factors, environmental conditions and bacterial virulenc
The nature and evolution of genomic diversity in the <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex (Publications)
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (MTBC) consists of a clonal group of several mycobacterial lineages pathogenic to a range of different mammalian hosts. In this chapter, we discuss the origins a
Longitudinal estimation of <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>prevalence in relation to malaria prevention measures in six sub-Saharan African countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum prevalence (PfPR) is a widely used metric for assessing malaria transmission intensity. This study was carried out concurrently with the RTS,S/AS01 candidate malaria
The influence of gender and household headship on voluntary health insurance: the case of North-West Cameroon (Publications)
Within the existing health financing literature, males are typically categorized as the household's decision-makers. While this view accurately reflects many local sociocultural realities, approximate