Posted 27/09/2022. In this study, Sophie Yacoub and colleagues at OUCRU evaluated whether using a dynamic delta modified SOFA score might be a feasible endpoint for future therapeutic trials in dengue. They found that the delta mSOFA performed well, and was associated with requirement for organ support, duration of treatment and mortality.

Posted 23/09/2022. Peter Macharia and colleagues propose a geostatistical modelling framework that accounts for the uncertainty in the residence location of students from school-based infection sample surveys when only school location data are available. The proposed framework offers inferential benefits by leveraging spatial access and school catchment models to improve standard geostatistical approaches.

Posted 21/09/2022. Phaik Yeong Cheah and colleagues asked malaria stakeholders in Burkina Faso and Nigeria: What are the key ethical considerations to be considered in the deployment of Triple Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies for malaria in Africa when artemisinin combination therapies are effective in most of Africa?

Posted 14/09/2022. Victor Chaumeau and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of outdoor residual spraying for malaria vector control on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Intervention was showed to rapidly interrupt transmission in a setting where the vectors bite mostly outdoors and at a time when people are not protected by mosquito bed nets.