An evaluation of urine-CCA strip test and fingerprick blood SEA-ELISA for detection of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Zanzibar (Publications)
To develop better monitoring protocols for detection of urinary schistosomiasis during ongoing control interventions, two commercially available diagnostic tests - the urine-circulating cathodic antig
Synthesis and biological evaluation of pyrazolylnaphthoquinones as new potential antiprotozoal and cytotoxic agents (Publications)
The importance of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in human pathology is widely known. The prognosis of this disease is poor and the choice of effective medicines limited, thus study of new
Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity due to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in young children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many individuals at risk of malaria also have micronutrient deficiencies that may hamper protective immunity. Vitamin A is central to normal immune function, and supplementation has been s
Acute hepatitis A in a young returning traveler from Kenya despite immunization before departure (Publications)
Aluminum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccines are known to be highly efficient. We present here the case of a patient who was immunized against hepatitis A before leaving for Kenya and who contracted an acut
Antiprotozoal activities of epimeric aminobicycles (Publications)
We synthesized several 4-aminobicyclo[2.2.2] octan-2-ols and 4-amino-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes from epimerized 4-amino-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ones. The new compounds were tested for their activity aga