Diversity of human intestinal helminthiasis in Lao PDR (Publications)
trematodes included Phaneropsolus bonnei (22.7%), Prosthodendrium molenkampi (14.4%), Haplorchis pumilio (5.2%), Haplorchis yokogawai (3.1%) and Echinochasmus japonicus (3.1%). Co-infection with O. viverrini
Quantitative assessment of eosinophiluria in <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infections: a new marker of infection and bladder morbidity (Publications)
resolution of pathology. The overall diagnostic efficiency of the ECP test (cut-off value for the ECP > or =5 ng/ml) in relation to infection was comparable with that of egg count and microhematuria, but with a
Noise-related sleep disturbances: does gender matter? (Publications)
confounding factors. Objectively measured sleep duration in highly exposed men (> 55 dB) was reduced by 1.5 h (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3-0.8 h) compared with low exposed men (
Testing for <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>: time trends in positivity rates in the canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (Publications)
SUMMARY National health statistics report a 2ยท5-fold increase in laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) cases over the last decade in Switzerland where no CT screening programme exists. We obtained
Indole and benzimidazole bichalcophenes: synthesis, DNA binding and antiparasitic activity (Publications)
rhodesiense, a model that mimics the acute stage of African sleeping sickness, at a low dose of 4 x 5 mg/kg i.p. and hence 7c is more potent in vivo than pentamidine.
Biological and epidemiological consequences of MTBC diversity (Publications)
factors. Different MTBC strains display different cellular and clinical phenotypes. Strains from Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 are metabolically different, grow slower, and are less virulent. Also, at least certain
Sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Vernonia cinerascens </em>sch. bip. and their <em>in vitro</em> antitrypanosomal activity (Publications)
isolation of vernodalin (2), 11beta,13-dihydrovernodalin (3), 11beta,13-dihydrovernolide (4), vernolide (5), 11beta,13-dihydrohydroxyvernolide (6), hydroxyvernolide (7), and a new germacrolide type sesquiterpene
<em>Leptospira</em> seroprevalence among Ugandan slaughter cattle: comparison of sero-status with renal <em>Leptospira </em>infection (Publications)
serovars Tarassovi (sg Tarassovi) (11.6%), Sejroe (Sg Sejroe) (7.8%), and Australis (Sg Australis) (5.2%). Older animals had 2.8 times (95% CI 1.0-8.2, p-value 0.055) greater odds of being seropositive
cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011 (Publications)
(KIULARCO) in Ifakara, Tanzania from 2007-2011. This analysis included data of 3068 patients over a 5-year period. Of these subjects, 1997 (66.9%) were female, median age was 37 (interquartile range [IQR]
Are overweight and obesity in children risk factors for anemia in early childhood? Results from a national nutrition survey in Tajikistan (Publications)
RESULTS: In the study population, the prevalence of anemia was 20.0%, overweight 13.0%, and obesity 9.5%. In multivariable analyses, obesity and overweight were not associated with anemia. Lower age and living