Causes of death in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire, from 2009 to 2011 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current vital statistics from governmental institutions in Cote d'Ivoire are incomplete. This problem is particularly notable for remote rural areas that have limited access to the health
Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian wildlife (Publications)
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic in Ethiopian cattle. However, the status of the disease in wildlife populations that often share habitat with livestock is unknown. We screened for BTB in wildlife
Mapping and predicting malaria transmission in the People's Republic of China, using integrated biology-driven and statistical models (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding of Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission patterns in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). An integrated modeling approach was employed
Malaria seasonality and rainfall seasonality in Sri Lanka are correlated in space (Publications)
Correlation in space between seasonality of malaria and seasonality of rainfall was studied in Sri Lanka. A simple seasonality index was developed by making use of the bimodal seasonality of both mala
Assessing willingness to pay for improved sanitation in rural Vietnam (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The willingness to pay (WTP) for the construction of bathrooms with a flush toilet was assessed in households in a rural community in northern Vietnam. We also examined the effects of socio
Trypanocidal activity of diarylheptanoids from <em>Schrankia leptocarpa</em> DC (Publications)
Schrankia leptocara is a medicinal species use traditionally in Benin to treat malaria. A previous study showed interesting antimalarial activity against two strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Phytoche
Facile synthesis of cyclohexanediones and dialkylresorcinols - bioactive natural products from entomopathogenic bacteria [Short communication] (Publications)
A synthesis for the recently identified, widespread bacterial natural product classes of dialkylresorcinols and cyclohexanediones was developed. The synthesis route is similar to the biosynthesis rout
Mobile phone base stations and early childhood cancers: case-control study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of early childhood cancers associated with the mother's exposure to radiofrequency from and proximity to macrocell mobile phone base stations (masts) during pregnanc
Structural requirements of Tom40 for assembly into preexisting TOM complexes of mitochondria (Publications)
Tom40 is the major subunit of the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (the TOM complex). To study the assembly pathway of Tom40, we have followed the integration of the protein into the TO