Introduction: Antimalarial drugs are essential weapons to fight malaria and have been used
effectively since the 17 th century. However, P.falciparum resistance has been reported to …

Background As indicators of burden of malaria have substantially decreased in The Gambia,
reaching a pre-elimination status may be attainable. Achieving this goal requires in-depth …

The World Health Organization recommends the use of artemisinin-based combination
therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. The two most widely adopted ACT …

Objective: Hair concentrations are a noninvasive measure of cumulative antiretroviral exposure
and the strongest predictor of viral suppression in large cohorts of nonpregnant patients. …

Over the last decades, malaria has declined substantially in The Gambia but its transmission
has not been interrupted. In order to better target control interventions, it is essential to …

Background: Antibody responses have been used to characterise transmission and exposure
history in malaria-endemic settings for over a decade. Such studies have typically been …

Background As the disease burden in the Gambia has reduced considerably over the last
decade, heterogeneity in malaria transmission has become more marked, with infected but …

Objective: Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is now the global standard for HIV-infected
pregnant and breastfeeding women at all CD4+ cell counts. We compared the efficacy …

Background: Protease inhibitor–based antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been associated
with preterm birth in some studies. We examined risk factors for preterm birth among women …

In The Gambia, metal-roof houses were hotter during the day than thatched-roof houses.
After 24 h, the mortality of Anopheles gambiae, the principal African malaria vector, was 38% …