Residual antimalarial concentrations before treatment in patients with malaria from Cambodia: indication of drug pressure (Publications)
Background. The Thai-Cambodian border has been known as the origin of antimalarial drug resistance for the past 30 years. There is a highly diverse market for antimalarials in this area, and improved
Glutathione S-transferase genotypes modify lung function decline in the general population: SAPALDIA cohort study (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Understanding the environmental and genetic risk factors of accelerated lung function decline in the general population is a first step in a prevention strategy against the world
Source apportionment of population representative samples of PM2.5 in three European cities using structural equation modelling (Publications)
Apportionment of urban particulate matter (PM) to sources is central for air quality management and efficient reduction of the substantial public health risks associated with fine particles (PM(2.5)).
Cytokine gene polymorphisms and atopic disease in two European cohorts. (ECRHS-Basel and SAPALDIA) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Atopy and allergic phenotypes are biologically characterized by an imbalanced T helper cell response skewed towards a type 2 (TH2) immune response associated with elevated serum immunoglob
Optimization of chloronitrobenzamides (CNBs) as therapeutic leads for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) (Publications)
We previously reported the discovery of the activity of chloronitrobenzamides (CNBs) against bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei . Herein we disclose extensive structure-activity relationship and
Glutathione S-transferase genotype increases risk of progression from bronchial hyperresponsiveness to asthma in adults (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and variation in glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes have been associated with asthma risk. The relationship of these two risk factors with adult onse
Effectiveness of a comprehensive schistosomiasis japonica control program in Jiangsu province, China, from 2005 to 2008 (Publications)
The effectiveness of a comprehensive schistosomiasis japonica control program implemented in 8 villages along the Yangtze river in Jiangsu province from 2005 to 2008 was studied. Control measures incl