Assessing the variability in experimental hut trials evaluating insecticide-treated nets against malaria vectors (Publications)
observed in both the mean number of mosquitoes collected per hut per night (ranging from 1.6 to 32.5) and overdispersion in mosquito mortality. This variability in mortality is substantially greater than
<em>Orientia tsutsugamushi</em> in chiggers and small mammals in Laos (Publications)
tsutsugamushi by PCR. Results: Over an 18-month period, 131 small mammals of 14 species were collected in 5 districts. Seventy-eight of 131 small mammals were infested with chiggers, but all tissues were O.
Medicinal plant preparations administered by Botswana traditional health practitioners for treatment of worm infections show anthelmintic activities (Publications)
luteoalbum displayed 85.4% activity at 1 mug/mL against NTS, while C. pyracanthoides displayed 78.5% activity against adult S. mansoni at 10 mug/mL.
Consumer perception on purchase decision factors and health indicators related to the quality and safety of meat sold in dibiteries in Dakar, Senegal (Publications)
concerned’ about the safety of dibiterie meat, and the acceptable price range of the product was between $5.08 and $7.62. As this food product is gaining popularity in Dakar and the majority of our participating
Factors associated with the utilisation of primary care services: a cross-sectional study in public and private facilities in Albania (Publications)
SETTING: Exit interviews with patients who consulted one of 23 primary care providers (18 public and 5 private) in Fier district of Albania from the period of July-August 2018. PARTICIPANTS: Representative
Gut microbiomes of agropastoral children from the Adadle region of Ethiopia reflect their unique dietary habits (Publications)
s of non-westernized communities. We assess the stool microbiota composition in 59 children aged 2-5Â years from the Adadle district of Ethiopia, Somali Regional State. Here, milk and starch-rich food are
Bacterial genome-wide association study of hyper-virulent pneumococcal serotype 1 identifies genetic variation associated with neurotropism (Publications)
statistically significant genotype-phenotype associations in surface-exposed choline-binding (P = 5.00 x 10(-08)) and helicase proteins (P = 1.32 x 10(-06)) important for invasion, immune evasion and
Disparities in risk factors and birth outcomes among american indians in North Dakota (Publications)
Results The infant mortality rate from 2010 to 2012 for infants born to American Indian women was 3.5 times higher than whites. Racial disparities existed in education, teen births, tobacco use during pregnancy
Self-reported clinical history of misdiagnosed leprosy cases in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2016-2019 (Publications)
changes in the spine - followed by 13.6% with diagnoses of skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases. For 23.5% of the respondents, no alternative diagnosis was established, whereas 7.4% were later re-diagnosed
Characterization of moxidectin against <em>Strongyloides ratti:</em> <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo </em>activity and pharmacokinetics in the rat... (Publications)
of 250, 500, and 750 mug/kg of moxidectin resulted in a reduction of the worm burden ranging from 48.5 to 75%. At the highest dose (750 mug/kg) we observed a maximal blood concentration of 50.3 ng/mL and
