Malaria ecotypes and stratification (Publications)
To deal with the variability of malaria, control programmes need to stratify their malaria problem into a number of smaller units. Such stratification may be based on the epidemiology of malaria or on
Diversity of human intestinal helminthiasis in Lao PDR (Publications)
Food-borne trematodiasis is an emerging public health problem, including in Lao PDR. We investigated the diversity of intestinal helminthes and polyparasitism in patients with hepatobiliary or intesti
Panorganismal metabolic response modelling of an experimental <em>Echinostoma caproni </em>infection in the mouse (Publications)
Metabolic profiling of host tissues and biofluids during parasitic infections can reveal new biomarker information and aid the elucidation of mechanisms of disease. The multicompartmental metabolic ef
Integrated cytokine and metabolic analysis of pathological responses to parasite exposure in rodents (Publications)
Parasitic infections cause a myriad of responses in their mammalian hosts, on immune as well as on metabolic level. A multiplex panel of cytokines and metabolites derived from four parasite-rodent mod
Immune deficiency in mouse models for inherited peripheral neuropathies leads to improved myelin maintenance (Publications)
The adhesive cell surface molecule P(0) is the most abundant glycoprotein in peripheral nerve myelin and fulfills pivotal functions during myelin formation and maintenance. Mutations in the correspond
Exposure to microbial components and allergens in population studies: a comparison of two house dust collection methods applied by participants and... (Publications)
Dust collection by study participants instead of fieldworkers would be a practical and cost-effective alternative in large-scale population studies estimating exposure to indoor allergens and microbia
A trichinellosis outbreak in Borikhamxay Province, Lao PDR (Publications)
Trichinellosis is documented in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand and China. Data from Lao PDR are lacking. An outbreak investigation was conducted in Borikhamxay Province after three patients