It is widely believed that a neutralizing antibody (NAb) response of sufficient magnitude, breadth, and duration would be highly beneficial for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccines [1–3]. Indeed, Nabs protect against experimental challenge with simian hu...

Abstract The transmission routes and risk factors for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections are still unknown. We used the World Health Organization questionnaire for MERS-CoV case-control studies to assess risk factors for human ME...

Abstract Introduction In order to improve our understanding of the fundamental limits of core interventions and guide efforts based on prioritization and identification of effective/novel interventions with great potentials to interrupt persistent malaria transmission ...

Studies of the epidemiology of cholera in the Ganges Delta led to understanding cholera's transmission patterns, risk groups, seasonality, and the relationship of cholera with the environment. In Bangladesh and West Bengal cholera is seasonal, transmission occurs consis...

Abstract Background The objective of mass antimalarial drug administration (MDA) is to eliminate malaria rapidly by eliminating the asymptomatic malaria parasite reservoirs and interrupting transmission. In the Greater Mekong Subregion, where artemisinin-resistant Plasm...