Does the 'hygiene hypothesis' provide an explanation for the relatively low prevalence of asthma in Bangladesh? (Publications)
The prevalence of childhood asthma in Bangladesh is much lower than in developed countries, but similar to those of other countries in this region like Pakistan and India.1 These differences in asthma
Clinical description of encephalopathic syndromes and risk factors for their occurrence and outcome during melarsoprol treatment of human African... (Publications)
Encephalopathies are the most feared complications of sleeping sickness treatment with melarsoprol. To investigate the existence of risk factors, the incidence of encephalopathic syndromes and the rel
Antimalarial and antitubercular nostocarboline and eudistomin derivatives: synthesis, in vitro and in vivo biological evaluation (Publications)
The synthesis of nine nostocarboline derivatives with substitutions of the 2-methyl group by alkyl, aryl and functionalized residues, 10 symmetrical bis cationic dimers linking 6-Cl-norharmane through
The N-terminal domain of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> circumsporozoite protein represents a target of protective immunity (Publications)
The N-terminal domain of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) has been largely neglected in the search for a malaria vaccine in spite of being a target of inhibitory antibodies and protective T cell res
Cultivation of procyclic trypomastigotes of <em>Trypanosoma congolense</em> in a semi-defined medium with direct adaptation from bloodstream forms (Publications)
Bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma congolense added to the semi-defined medium 109-c (Minimum Essential Medium with Earle's salts, 60 mM HEPES, haemin, and heat-inactivated FBS) and incubated at 28 degr