Menstrual irregularity and asthma and lung function (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Oligomenorrhea was associated with more asthma (Respiratory Health in Northern Europe study), but a possible association with lung function has not been investigated previously. OBJECTIVE:
IgE antibodies are more species-specific than IgG antibodies in human onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (Publications)
To explore the relative species specificities of the IgE and IgG antibody responses to helminth infections in man, we studied four pools of sera from patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugi
<em>In vitro</em> cultivation of animal-infective forms of a West African <em>Trypanosoma vivax</em> stock (Publications)
Animal-infective forms of a West African Trypanosoma vivax stock were grown in culture for three months using Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) with Earle's salts, supplemented with 20% inactivated goat
Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS): ein Modell zur Förderung der Qualität der reproduktiven Gesundheitsversorgung in Kenia (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To develop a model aiming to improve the quality of services for reproductive health care in rural Kenya and designed to measure the quality of reproductive health services in such a way t
Seroprevalence survey of brucellosis among rural people in Mongolia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: After the transition from socialism to a market economy in 1990, human brucellosis re-emerged in Mongolia. The aim of our study was to estimate a representative seroprevalence of Brucella
Thrombin-like snake venom proteinases (Publications)
Proteinases affecting one or several physiological thrombin substrates are current components of Crotalidae and Viperidae venoms. Enzymes causing in vitro coagulation of fibrinogen without affecting o
