Allergic diseases in farmers' children (Publications)
Several studies have reported lower rates of allergic sensitization and allergies in children living in rural as compared to urban communities. This has been attributed to the lower levels of air poll
Treatment of late stage sleeping sickness caused by <em>T.b. gambiense</em>: a new approach to the use of an old drug (Publications)
Melarsoprol is the standard treatment of late stage trypanosomiasis. The development of treatment schedules was previously purely empirical. Generally melarsoprol is given in 3 series of three to four
Costs of childhood asthma due to traffic-related pollution in two California communities (Publications)
Recent research suggests the burden of childhood asthma attributable to air pollution has been underestimated in traditional risk assessments, and there are no estimates of these associated costs. We
Representative seroprevalences of brucellosis in humans and livestock in Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
Kyrgyzstan reported 77.5 new human brucellosis cases per 100,000 people in 2007, which is one of the highest incidences worldwide. In Kyrgyzstan, the currently used diagnostic tests in humans and anim
Old and new selective pressures on <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) has been affecting humans for millennia. There is increasing indication that human-adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) has been co-evolving with different human populat
8-O-methyldioncophyllinol B and revised structures of other 7,6'- coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from <em>Triphyophyllum peltatum... (Publications)
The isolation and structural elucidation of a new naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, 8-O-methyldioncophyllinol B, from Triphyophyllum peltatum (Hutch. et Dalz.) Airy Shaw (Dioncophyllaceae) is described,
Sex-specific effect of body weight gain on systemic inflammation in subjects with COPD: results from the SAPALDIA cohort study 2 (Publications)
Systemic inflammation may mediate the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and extrapulmonary comorbidities. We measured high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in COP