Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of... (Publications)
were 94.5%, 93.3%, 61.3%, and 3.1%, respectively, with more than half harboring triple-species infections. For the intervention group (N = 99), the 1-month post-treatment cure rates were 96.7%, 91.5%, and
Associations between air pollution and socioeconomic characteristics, ethnicity and age profile of neighbourhoods in England and the Netherlands (Publications)
and elderly). We saw higher concentrations in the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in England (1.5 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 4.4 µg/m(3) NO2). Concentrations in both countries were higher in neighbourhoods [...] (England: 3.0 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 10.1 µg/m(3) NO2; the Netherlands: 1.1 µg/m(3) higher PM10 and 4.5 µg/m(3) NO2) after adjustment for urbanisation and other variables. Associations for some areas differed
Cholesterol metabolites exported from human brain (Publications)
2-3mg/24h. Gas chromatography (GC)-MS data shows that the cholesterol metabolites 5alpha-hydroxy-6-oxocholesterol (3beta,5alpha-dihydroxycholestan-6-one), 7beta-hydroxycholesterol and 7-oxocholesterol, generally
Prophylactic effect of artemether on human <em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> among Egyptian children: a randomized controlled trial (Publications)
PZQ twice four weeks apart, after which one group received 6mg/kg body weight of ART every 3 weeks in 5 cycles during the transmission season and the other group received ART-placebo. At the end of the study [...] o group, i.e. 6.7% versus 11.6%, and incidence of new infections for the PZQ/ART was 2.7% versus 6.5% for the PZQ/ART-placebo. In conclusion, PZQ/ART combined therapy might be considered as an adjunct
National intestinal helminth survey among schoolchildren in Tajikistan: prevalences, risk factors and perceptions (Publications)
the country, prevalences of E. vermicularis, A. lumbricoides, H. nana and T. trichiura were 26.5%, 16.9%, 15.5% and 2.7% respectively. The prevalence of common soil-transmitted helminth (A. lumbricoides and
Seroepidemiological study of African horse sickness virus in The Gambia (Publications)
AHSV; this consisted of 18% (of the total number of serum samples) strongly positive, 46.5% moderately positive, and 16.5% weakly but still clearly positive. Such results suggest a high prevalence of AHSV in
Antiprotozoal activity of (e)-cinnamic N-acylhydrazone derivatives (Publications)
azone derivatives, designed through molecular hybridization between the (E)-1-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-3-(4-bromophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one and (E)-3-hydroxy-N'-((2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl)methylene)-7-m [...] and bloodstream forms of Trypamosoma brucei rhodesiense. The derivative (2E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-nitrophenyl)-N'-[(1E)-phenylmethylene]acrylohydrazi de showed moderate antileishmanial activity (IC50
Unusual derivatives from <em>Hypericum scabrum</em> (Publications)
an unexpected cycloheptane ring decorated with prenyl substituents, and compound 3 has an unusual 5,5-spiroketal lactone core. Their structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic and spectrometric
Exposure assessment to dust and free silica for workers of Sangan iron ore mine in Khaf, Iran (Publications)
Tappeh Ghermez drilling no. 1 at 66 +/- 13 and 1.5 +/- 0.4 mg/m(3), respectively, while the minimum concentrations were measured in pneumatic hammer at 5.26 +/- 3 and 0.01 +/- 0.005 mg/m(3), respectively
Physical activity and sedentary behavior among schoolchildren: a 34-country comparison (Publications)
compare levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior in schoolchildren from 34 countries across 5 WHO Regions. STUDY DESIGN: The analysis included 72,845 schoolchildren from 34 countries that participated [...] ons, with the lowest prevalence in Philippines and Zambia (both 8.8%) and the highest in India (37.5%). The prevalence of walking or riding a bicycle to school ranged from 18.6% in United Arab Emirates
