Discovery of dual function acridones as a new antimalarial chemotype (Publications)
Preventing and delaying the emergence of drug resistance is an essential goal of antimalarial drug development. Monotherapy and highly mutable drug targets have each facilitated resistance, and both a
Trypanocidal, leishmanicidal and cytotoxic effects of anthecotulide-type linear sesquiterpene lactones from Anthemis auriculata (Publications)
Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis pose major public health threats for many countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. In the present study, we evaluated the in vitro antip
Liver morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> in Cambodia after seven rounds of mass drug administration (Publications)
Severe liver disease due to Schistosoma mekongi was frequent in northern Cambodia. Between 1995 and 2002, seven rounds of mass chemotherapy (praziquantel) reduced infection from 50% to below 3%. In 20
Tuberculosis control in refugee populations: a challenge to both relief agencies and national programs (Publications)
Today's worldwide tuberculosis epidemic and the movement of a growing number of refugees overlap geographically and have made tuberculosis control in refugee populations an issue of increasing importa
Pharmacokinetic parameters of artesunate and dihydroartemisinin in rats infected with <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: The pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of artesunate, recently discovered to possess promising trematocidal activity, and its main metabolite dihydroartemisinin (DHA) were determined in rats
Activity of antiandrogens against juvenile and adult <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>in mice (Publications)
Objectives The antischistosomal properties of the marketed antiandrogens bicalutamide, flutamide, nilutamide and cyproterone acetate were studied both in vivo and in vitro. Methods Schistosoma mansoni
