Prevalence of airflow obstruction in smokers and never smokers in Switzerland (Publications)
tions of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.Prevalence of AO ranged from 2.5% in subjects aged 30-39 to 8.0% in those aged 70 or more. In multivariate analysis, age (ORaged70+ vs
Auswirkungen von Luftschadstoffen auf die Atemwege von Kleinkindern (Publications)
A one year study on a random sample of 1225 Swiss children aged 0-5 years was conducted in four different areas (two urban, one suburban and one rural) of Switzerland to investigate the relationship between
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Melampyrum arvense</em> and its metabolites (Publications)
glucosides: aucubin (1), melampyroside (2), mussaenoside (3), mussaenosidic acid (4), 8-epi-loganin (5); flavonoids: apigenin (6), luteolin (7), luteolin 7-O-beta-glucopyranoside (8); a lignan glycoside
Residual antimalarial concentrations before treatment in patients with malaria from Cambodia: indication of drug pressure (Publications)
against vivax malaria, chloroquine (25% and 41% of patients); and the former first-line drug, quinine (5% and 34% patients). Conclusions. The findings demonstrate that there is high drug pressure and that
Evidence of an 'invitation' effect in feeding sylvatic <em>Stegomyia albopicta</em> from Cambodia (Publications)
the arms and legs. Landings recorded within three minutes of each other on a collector were about 2.5 times more likely to be on the same body part than on a random body part, weighted for landing site
Quantifying the evolution and impact of antimalarial drug resistance: drug use, spread of resistance, and drug failure over a 12-year period in Papua... (Publications)
increased, especially after the change in treatment policy. Treatment failure rates multiplied by 3.5 between 1996 and 2000 but then decreased dramatically after treatment policy change. CONCLUSIONS. With
A description of local pig feeding systems in village smallholder farms of western Kenya (Publications)
and could provide pigs with proteins. The average daily gain (ADG) for pigs /=10 months old was 94.5 (+/-43), 127 (+/-49.8) and 99 (+/-92) g, respectively (p = 0.000). This study has outlined the different
Imported strongyloidosis: a longitudinal analysis of 31 cases (Publications)
reasons for diagnostic work-up were clinical symptoms in 84% and eosinophilia and screening in each of 22.5%. All patients had a history of travel or residence in endemic areas. Initial therapy was effective
<em>Trichinella spiralis</em>: immunization of pigs with newborn larval antigens (Publications)
whole newborn larvae or the insoluble fraction developed strong immunity to challenge (88.2 and 85.5%, respectively); the soluble fraction was ineffective. Immunization with all preparations induced antibody
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> isolates from Ibba, South Sudan, an area of high melarsoprol... (Publications)
to melarsoprol, melarsen oxide, and diminazene. Infected mice were cured with a 4 day treatment of 2.5mg/kg bwt melarsoprol, confirming that the isolates were sensitive. The gene that codes for the P2 t