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Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jacques Fellay, Zhi Ming Xu

In settings with high tuberculosis (TB) endemicity, distinct genotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) often differ in prevalence. However, the factors leading to these differences remain poorly understood. Here we studied the MTBC populat ...

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2023

Analyzing four decades of literature on urban planning studies in Africa (1980–2020)

Jérôme Chenal, Rémi Jaligot, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Akuto Akpedze Konou

Although rapid population growth will give them a significant weight in global urbanization by the middle of the century, African cities remain little known. As a result, they are essentially outside the global intellectual arena on urban issues, which jus ...

2020

The Demographic History of African Drosophila melanogaster

Jeffrey David Jensen, Adamantia Kapopoulou, Stefan Jean Laurent, Susanne Petra Pfeifer

As one of the most commonly utilized organisms in the study of local adaptation, an accurate characterization of the demographic history of Drosophila melanogaster remains as an important research question. This owes both to the inherent interest in charac ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2018

Computational and Statistical analyses of Molecular Evolution and Demography using Large-scale Sequencing Data

Adamantia Kapopoulou

Evolution can be described as the change of allele frequencies over time. Four forces - mutation, migration, genetic drift, and selection, drive this change. The aim of my thesis was to accurately estimate and differentiate the parameters governing each of ...

EPFL2018

Looking forward by looking back: Applying lessons from 20 years of African language technology

Martin Benjamin

This paper takes a frank look at what has and has not been achieved in African language technology during the past two decades. Several questions are addressed: What was the status of technology for African languages 20 years ago? What were the major initi ...

2015

Made by China: the transformation of an African city : a visual exploration of the Light Rail Transit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alexandra Belinesh Thorer

Over the past two decades China has become increasingly involved in Africa. From rising trade and investment capital to a rapid climb in industrial and construction activity, a new foundation has been laid for Africaâ s development. While Africaâ s econo ...

EPFL2015