The influence of zinc supplementation on morbidity due to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: a randomized trial in preschool children in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Zinc is crucial for normal immune function and can reduce morbidity from multiple infectious diseases. To determine the influence of zinc on malaria morbidity we conducted a randomized placebo-control
ST2859 serogroup A meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Nouna Health District, Burkina Faso: a prospective study (Publications)
We analysed cerebrospinal fluid samples from suspected meningitis cases in Nouna Health District, Burkina Faso, during the meningitis seasons of 2004-2006. Serogroup A ST2859 meningococci belonging to
Prospective risk of morbidity in relation to malaria infection in an area of high endemicity of multiple species of <em>Plasmodium</em> (Publications)
In an area of Papua New Guinea with high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum (39.6%), Plasmodium vivax (18.3%), and Plasmodium malariae (13.8%), cross-sectional analysis found P. falciparum infection
Antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activity of tanshinone-type diterpenoids from <em>Salvia miltiorrhiza</em> (Publications)
In a medium throughput screen of 880 plant and fungal extracts for antiprotozoal activity, a dichloromethane extract of SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA roots was active against both TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE
