The influence of sensitisation to pollens and moulds on seasonal variations in asthma attacks (Publications)
No large study has described seasonal variation in asthma attacks in population based asthmatics in whom sensitisation to allergen has been measured.2,637 young adults with asthma living in 15 countri
A periodically-forced mathematical model for the seasonal dynamics of malaria in mosquitoes (Publications)
We describe and analyze a periodically-forced difference equation model for malaria in mosquitoes that captures the effects of seasonality and allows the mosquitoes to feed on a heterogeneous populati
An Increase in Bronchial Responsiveness is Associated with Continuing or Restarting Smoking (Publications)
Rationale: Bronchial responsiveness has been found to be associated with smoking, atopy and lower lung function in cross-sectional studies, but there is little information on determinants of change in
Identification of <em>Staphylococcus intermedius</em> group by MALDI-TOF MS (Publications)
The Staphylococcus intermedius Group includes S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius and S. delphini, coagulase-positive bacteria commonly isolated from animals. The identification of organisms belonging
IGF1 genotype, mean plasma level and breast cancer risk in the Hawaii/Los Angeles multiethnic cohort (Publications)
The insulin-like growth factor 1 gene (IGF1) is a strong candidate gene for a breast cancer susceptibility model. We investigated a dinucleotide repeat 969 bp upstream from the transcription start sit
First clinical trial of purified, irradiated malaria sporozoites in humans (Publications)
Evaluation of: Epstein JE, Tewari K, Lyke KE et al. Live attenuated malaria vaccine designed to protect through hepatic CD8 T cell immunity. Science 334(6055), 475-480 (2011). Purified, irradiated, me
Short Message Service (SMS) applications for disease prevention in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The last decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in the number of mobile phones in the developing world, thus linking millions of previously unconnected people. The ubiquity of mobile ph