EPD in its twentieth year: towards complete promoter coverage of selected model organisms (Publications)
from release 73, from mass genome annotation projects. Subsets of promoter sequences with customized 5' and 3' extensions can be downloaded from the EPD website. The focus of current development efforts
Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of cationic 1,4-diphenyl-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazoles (Publications)
Diimidazoline 60 exhibited antiplasmodial IC50 value of 0.6 W. Seven congeners administered at 4 x 5 mg/kg by the intraperitoneal route cured at least three out of four animals in the acute mouse model
Planning a family: priorities and concerns in rural Tanzania (Publications)
fertility survey using qualitative and quantitative techniques described a high fertility setting (TFR 5.8) in southern Tanzania where family planning use was 16%. Current use was influenced by rising parity
Quantitative evaluation of a handheld light microscope for field diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection (Publications)
gram of stool (EPG). Mean egg counts were significantly higher with the conventional light microscope (5,190.0 EPG versus 2,385.8 EPG for Ascaris lumbricoides; 826.3 versus 455.7 for Trichuris trichiura; both
Incidence of asthma and net change in symptoms in relation to changes in obesity (Publications)
never obese (hazard ratio 2.00, 95% confidence interval 1.25 to 3.20, excess net change 2.8%, 0.4 to 5.3%, per 10 years). The effect of being obese on net change in diagnosed asthma was greater in women
Abietane-type diterpenoid amides with highly potent and selective activity against <em>Leishmania donovani</em> and <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
amastigotes residing in L6 cells with an IC50 value of 0.6 muM and high selectivity index of 58, being 3.5 times more potent than the reference compound benznidazole. The potent activity of this compound and
Polyparasitism with <em>Schistosoma mansoni,</em> geohelminths, and intestinal protozoa in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Schistosoma mansoni, Entamoeba coli, and hookworm were the predominant species with prevalences of 71.5, 64.6, and 51.9%, respectively. Only 8 individuals displayed no infection, whereas two-thirds of the
Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting as primary revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndrome (Publications)
with additional NSTEMI showed excessive cumulative 3-year mortality if undergoing CABG (hazard ratio 5.9, 95% confidence interval 2.7 to 13.1, p
Longitudinal assessment of <em>Plasmodium falciparum v</em>ar gene transcription in naturally infected asymptomatic children in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
use of magnetic bead-anchored reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis performed over 5 var regions, as well as cloning and sequencing, the longitudinal distribution of full-length var transcripts
Human infections with <em>Dicrocoelium dendriticum</em> in Kyrgyzstan: the tip of the iceberg? (Publications)
technique. Eggs of D. dendriticum were diagnosed in 11 children (prevalence 8.0%; 95% confidence interval 4.5-13.7%). Although no distinction could be made between true and pseudo-infections, the prevailing animal