PLoS medicine 2008 Aug 05; 5(8); e169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050169. Epub 2008 12 16
Publications
The relationship between the haemoglobin concentration and the haematocrit in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a very important cause of anaemia in tropical countries. Anaemia is assessed either by measurement of the haematocrit or the haemoglobin concentration.
Malaria journal 2008 Aug 02; 7 149. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-149. Epub 2008 08 02
The New England journal of medicine 2008 Jul 24; 359(4); 432-3; author reply 434. doi: . Epub 2008 07 29
Second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the use of second-line protease-inhibitor regimens in Médecins Sans Frontières HIV programmes, and determine switch rates, clinical outcomes, and factors associated with survival.
AIDS (London, England) 2008 Jul 11; 22(11); 1305-12. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282fa75b9. Epub 2008 08 21
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2008 Jun 27; 320(5884); 1718. doi: 10.1126/science.320.5884.1718a. Epub 2008 07 15
Bleach sedimentation: an opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIV.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance and feasibility of tuberculosis diagnosis by sputum microscopy after bleach sedimentation, compared with by conventional direct smear microscopy, in a setting of high
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008 Jun 01; 46(11); 1710-6. doi: 10.1086/587891. Epub 2008 07 21
Immunogenicity of fractional doses of tetravalent a/c/y/w135 meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine: results from a randomized non-inferiority controlled trial in Uganda.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A is the main causative pathogen of meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, serogroup W135 has also been the cause of epidemics.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2008 ; 2(12); e342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000342. Epub 2008 12 02
Safety and effectiveness of first line eflornithine for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness in Sudan: cohort study.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and effectiveness of eflornithine as first line treatment for human African trypanosomiasis.
DESIGN: Cohort study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2008 Mar 29; 336(7646); 705-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39485.592674.BE. Epub 2008 03 05
Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to estimate vaccination coverage helps guide future vaccination efforts.
Abstract
Inadequate evaluation of vaccine coverage after mass vaccination campaigns, such as used in national measles control programmes, can lead to inappropriate public health responses.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008 Mar ; 102(3); 251-4. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.015. Epub 2008 10 27