Perceived illness drives participation in mass deworming campaigns in Laos (Publications)
(19/21). Most leaders (20/21) had a good knowledge on severe schistosomiasis though only a few of them (5/21) described its cause correctly. They knew little about the disease consequences of liver fluke (3/21) [...] fish (100%), frequent physical contacts with Mekong River water (76.0%) and low number of latrines (14.5%). In conclusion, MDA is widely accepted in affected communities. Avoiding severe schistosomiasis was
Reproducibility of pacing profiles in elite swimmers (Publications)
The level of both competitions for the analysis had to be at least national championships (7.7 +/- 5.4 wk apart). Standard error of measurement expressed as percentage of the subject's mean score (CV) [...] 0.9% and 2.6% in all finals. Split-time variability for finals and heats ranged between 0.9% and 2.5% (CL 0.3-4.9%). CONCLUSION: Pacing profiles are consistent between different competitions. Variability
A new nonpolar N-hydroxy imidazoline lead compound with improved activity in a murine model of late stage <em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei</em> infection... (Publications)
imidazoline analogues were the most effective in vivo with 4-((1-hydroxy-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)amino)-N-(4-((1-hydroxy-4,5-dihydro-1H -imidazol-2-yl)amino)phenyl)benzamide ( 14D: ) showing 100% cures
Hydrogen sulfide removal by <em>Thiobacillus thioparus</em> bacteria on seashell bed biofilters (Publications)
seashells with 63% porosity which contains Thiobacillus thioparus bacteria to the maximum height of 27.5 cm. By mixing phosphoric acid and sodium sulfide, H2S gas is released and its concentration is measured [...] 77-93% and the optimum temperature required for growing of the microorganisms is retained between 20.5-30 degrees C. After feeding the system for three weeks the efficiency started to increase so that by
Study protocol: improving newborn survival in rural southern Tanzania: a cluster-randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a scaleable package of... (Publications)
000 households in 5 of the 6 study districts to estimate baseline mortality and prevalence of newborn care behaviours, ii) an adequacy survey in 2011 in a representative sample of 5,000 households to estimate
Assessing the impact of malaria interventions on morbidity through a community-based surveillance system (Publications)
RESULTS: Between 2005 and 2008, community-reported fever incidence rates in children under the age of 5 years declined by 34%, from 4.9 to 3.2 average cases per child per year, whereas convulsions, a marker [...] consistency of the data shows that history of fever in the previous 2 weeks in children under the age of 5 years can be used as a morbidity monitoring tool
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya (Publications)
inspection and serology (k = 0.025; p = 0.2797). The prevalence of taeniosis was estimated as 2.5% (95% CI 0.8-5.6%) by microscopy. A backwards elimination logistic regression analysis indicated that the grazing
How important is the angle of tilt in the WHO cone bioassay? (Publications)
degrees (OR 3.3, 95 % CI 1.7-6.3, p = 0.001), 60 degrees (OR 3.1, 95 % CI 1.7-5.9, p < 0.001) and 90 degrees (OR 6.0, 95 % CI 1.9-18.5, p = 0.002) as compared to 0 degrees . CONCLUSION: The angle at which the
Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
form of praying for healing were positively associated with anticipated OCV acceptance if costs of USD 5 were assumed. Conversely, respondents who feared negative social implications of cholera were less likely [...] respondents who generated their income through fishing. With an increase of assumed costs to USD 10.5, fear of financial constraints was negatively associated as well. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest a high
Sequence conservation in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> á-helical coiled coil domains proposed for vaccine development (Publications)
promising immunological results 5 of these peptides were selected for further analysis. Direct sequencing of field samples from Papua New Guinea and Tanzania showed that 3 out of these 5 peptides were completely