Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Global Health
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2024 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Levofloxacin for Treatment of Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Results from IMPAACT P1026s.
Journal Article Clinical pharmacokinetics · April 2025 Background and objectiveTreatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) often includes fluoroquinolones, but data on long-term exposure during and after pregnancy are limited. We examined the pharmacokinetics and safety of levofloxacin in a ... Full text CiteTaqMan Array Card real-time polymerase chain reaction panel to detect pathogens in whole blood of febrile inpatients in northern Tanzania, 2016-2019.
Journal Article Trop Med Int Health · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Acute febrile illness is a common reason for seeking healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. We describe the diagnostic utility of a TaqMan Array Card (TAC) real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panel for pathogen detection in paedi ... Full text Link to item CiteDerivation and Internal Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Diagnosis of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Northern Tanzania.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · March 2025 Spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) pose a global threat as emerging zoonotic infectious diseases; however, timely and cost-effective diagnostic tools are currently limited. We used data from 449 patients presenting to 2 hospitals in northern Tanzania ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Tumaini University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (Tanzania) ·
2020
Ph.D.