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Journal articles
2019, 'The role of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in reducing soil-transmitted helminths: Interpreting the evidence and identifying next steps', Parasites and Vectors, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3532-6
,2019, 'Risk factors for infection with soil-transmitted helminths during an integrated community level water, sanitation, and hygiene and deworming intervention in Timor-Leste', International Journal for Parasitology, 49, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.12.006
,2019, 'Differential impact of mass and targeted praziquantel delivery on schistosomiasis control in school-aged children: A systematic review and meta-analysis', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007808
,2019, 'Efficacy of anthelminthic drugs and drug combinations against soil-transmitted helminths: A systematic review and network meta-analysis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68, pp. 96 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy423
,2019, 'Wash for worms: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the impact of a community integrated water, sanitation, and hygiene and deworming intervention on soil-transmitted helminth infections', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, pp. 750 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0705
,2018, 'Predicted short and long-term impact of deworming and water, hygiene, and sanitation on transmission of soil-transmitted helminths', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006758
,2018, 'Characterisation of environmental enteropathy biomarkers and associated risk factors in children in the context of a WASH trial in Timor-Leste', International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221, pp. 901 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.05.012
,2018, 'Use of quantitative PCR to assess the efficacy of albendazole against Necator americanus and Ascaris spp. in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste', Parasites and Vectors, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2838-0
,2018, '(S)WASH-D for Worms: A pilot study investigating the differential impact of school- versus community-based integrated control programs for soil-transmitted helminths', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006389
,2018, 'Quantitative polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections: A comparison with a flotation-based technique and an investigation of variability in DNA detection', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99, pp. 1033 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0356
,2018, 'Spatial and temporal patterns of dengue infections in Timor-Leste, 2005-2013', Parasites and Vectors, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2588-4
,2017, 'Molecular characterization of Giardia lamblia in children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea attending the Bengo General Hospital, Angola', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, pp. 497 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try004
,2017, 'The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies – Authors' reply', The Lancet, 389, pp. 2191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31343-0
,2017, 'An environmental assessment and risk map of Ascaris lumbricoides and Necator americanus distributions in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005565
,2017, 'Investigations into the association between soil-transmitted helminth infections, haemoglobin and child development indices in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste', Parasites and Vectors, 10, pp. 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2084-x
,2017, 'Characterization of rotavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bengo province, Northwestern Angola, prior to vaccine introduction', PLoS ONE, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176046
,2017, 'Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and environmental risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth intensity of infection in Timor-Leste, using real time PCR', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11, pp. e0005393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005393
,2017, 'Differential effect of mass deworming and targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet, 389, pp. 287 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32123-7
,2016, 'Water, sanitation and hygiene related risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia duodenalis infections in rural communities in Timor-Leste', International Journal for Parasitology, 46, pp. 771 - 779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.07.005
,2016, 'Investigating the differential impact of school and community-based integrated control programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in Timor-Leste: The (S)WASH-D for Worms pilot study protocol', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0109-4
,2016, 'Quantitative detection of viable helminth ova from raw wastewater, human feces, and environmental soil samples using novel PMA-qPCR methods', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, pp. 18639 - 18648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7039-9
,2016, 'Main causes of death in Dande, Angola: Results from Verbal Autopsies of deaths occurring during 2009-2012', BMC Public Health, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3365-6
,2016, 'A Critical Appraisal of Control Strategies for Soil-Transmitted Helminths', Trends in Parasitology, 32, pp. 97 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2015.10.006
,2016, 'Etiology of Diarrhea in Children Younger Than 5 Years Attending the Bengo General Hospital in Angola', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35, pp. e28 - e34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000957
,2016, 'Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004380
,2016, 'Complexities and Perplexities: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection-Related Morbidity', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004566
,2015, 'A cluster-randomised controlled trial integrating a community-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme, with mass distribution of albendazole to reduce intestinal parasites in Timor-Leste: The WASH for WORMS research protocol', BMJ Open, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009293
,2014, 'Diarrhea etiological study in children under five in the Bengo General Hospital, Angola', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 21, pp. 249 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.939
,2014, 'Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): A Critical Component for Sustainable Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosomiasis Control', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002651
,2013, 'Performance of microscopy and RDTs in the context of a malaria prevalence survey in Angola: A comparison using PCR as the gold standard', Malaria Journal, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-284
,2013, 'Hypertension in Northern Angola: Prevalence, associated factors, awareness, treatment and control', BMC Public Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-90
,2013, 'Extending Helminth Control beyond STH and Schistosomiasis: The Case of Human Hymenolepiasis', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002321
,2013, 'Role of malnutrition and parasite infections in the spatial variation in children's anaemia risk in northern Angola', Geospatial Health, 7, pp. 341 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/gh.2013.91
,2012, 'Setting up a demographic surveillance system in Northern Angola', Etude de la Population Africaine, 26, pp. 133 - 146
,2012, 'Finding malaria hot-spots in northern Angola: The role of individual, household and environmental factors within a meso-endemic area', Malaria Journal, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-385
,2012, 'Various pfcrt and pfmdr1 genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum cocirculate with P. malariae, P. ovale spp., and P. vivax in Northern Angola', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56, pp. 5271 - 5277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00559-12
,2012, 'Epidemiology of malaria, schistosomiasis, geohelminths, anemia and malnutrition in the context of a demographic surveillance system in northern Angola', PLoS ONE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033189
,2012, '454 HYPERTENSION PREVALENCE IN NORTHERN ANGOLA', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e134 - e135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420310.10217.c6
,2011, 'Closing the praziquantel treatment gap: New steps in epidemiological monitoring and control of schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool-aged children', Parasitology, 138, pp. 1593 - 1606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011001235
,2007, 'Invasion pathways and malaria severity in Kenyan Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates', Infection and Immunity, 75, pp. 3014 - 3020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00249-07
,2006, 'Cell migration along the lateral cortical stream to the developing basal telencephalic limbic system', Journal of Neuroscience, 26, pp. 11562 - 11574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3092-06.2006
,2006, 'Expression of Plasmodium falciparum genes involved in erythrocyte invasion varies among isolates cultured directly from patients', Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 149, pp. 208 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.05.014
,2005, 'The temporal and spatial origins of cortical interneurons predict their physiological subtype', Neuron, 48, pp. 591 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.09.034
,2005, 'Notch signaling coordinates the patterning of striatal compartments', Development, 132, pp. 4247 - 4258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.02008
,2004, 'Fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling promotes radial glial identity and interacts with Notch1 signaling in telencephalic progenitors', Journal of Neuroscience, 24, pp. 9497 - 9506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0993-04.2004
,2003, 'Erratum: Sonic hedgehog is required for progenitor cell maintenance in telencephalic stem cell niches (Neuron (September 11, 2003) 39 (937-950))', Neuron, 40, pp. 189 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00593-2
,2003, 'Sonic hedgehog is required for progenitor cell maintenance in telencephalic stem cell niches', Neuron, 39, pp. 937 - 950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00561-0
,2003, 'Dlx2 progenitor migration in wild type and Nkx2.1 Mutant telencephalon', Cerebral Cortex, 13, pp. 895 - 903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/13.9.895
,2002, 'The caudal ganglionic eminence is a source of distinct cortical and subcortical cell populations', Nature Neuroscience, 5, pp. 1279 - 1287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn971
,2001, 'In utero fate mapping reveals distinct migratory pathways and fates of neurons born in the mammalian basal forebrain', Development, 128, pp. 3759 - 3771
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