A qualitative appraisal of stakeholder reactions to a tool for burden of disease-based health system budgeting in Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Ghana Health Service launched a program of cooperation with the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare that was designed to adapt Tanzania's PLANREP budgeting and repo
Anti-protozoal activities of cembrane-type diterpenes from Vietnamese soft corals (Publications)
Based on our previous finding that certain cembranoid diterpenes possess selective toxicity against protozoan pathogens of tropical diseases such as Trypanosoma and Plasmodium, we have subjected a ser
Chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 locus is the genetic basis of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in clinical<em> Trypanosoma</em> <em>brucei... (Publications)
Aquaglyceroporin-2 is a known determinant of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in Trypanosoma brucei brucei laboratory strains. Recently, chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 tandem locus was describ
Lung function, respiratory symptoms, and the menopausal transition (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on potential changes in respiratory health when women enter the menopausal transition. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate whether the menopausal transition is
Effect of single-dose oral mefloquine on the morphology of adult <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in mice (Publications)
It has been recently documented that the antimalarial drug mefloquine shows in vivo activity against schistosomes. In the present study, we assessed the effect of mefloquine on the morphology of adult
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Khaya anthotheca</em>, (Welv.) C.D.C. A plant used by chimpanzees for self medication (Publications)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Khaya species, endemic to Africa and Madagascar, continues to be valuable in indigenous traditional medicine. Their bitter tasting barks are decocted to treat fevers, s
<em>In vitro</em> and in vivo evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of fractions of Holarrhena africana (Publications)
The aqueous extract of young leaves of Holarrhena africana, a plant used in the Nigerian traditional medicine, exhibited good activity against Trypanosoma brucei spp. The extract was fractionated and
<em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>: morphological and behavioral investigation within the freshwater snail <em>Pomacea canaliculata</em> (Publications)
An infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main causative agent for human eosinophilic encephalitis, can be acquired through the consumption of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata. This
