Allergic rhinitis and onset of bronchial hyperresponsiveness: a population-based study (Publications)
RATIONALE: Patients with allergic rhinitis have more frequent bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in cross-sectional studies. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the changes in BHR in nonasthmatic subjects with a
The epidemiology of multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections. 10. Effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the dynamics of multiple... (Publications)
The rates of acquisition and loss of individual genotypes belonging to the FC27 family of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 (msp2) gene were studied in 120 children aged 5 months t
Exposure to a farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on T(H)2-dependent isotype switching in response to common inhalants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: IgE synthesis by human B cells results from allergen-dependent, T(H)2-mediated isotype switching. Exposure to a farming environment protects against IgE responses. OBJECTIVE: We reconstruc
Micro-scale investigation of intestinal schistosomiasis transmission on Ngamba and Kimi islands, Lake Victoria, Uganda (Publications)
A study to investigate the effect of environmental predictors on abundance of Biomphalaria, the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni, was carried out on two small islands in Lake Victoria,
Asthma score: predictive ability and risk factors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Definition of asthma as a continuous score is a promising tool for population studies that has not yet been fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE: We assessed (i) the predictive ability of an asthma