Rickettsial infections are neglected causes of acute febrile illness in Teluk Intan, Peninsular Malaysia (Publications)
pathogens were identified in 214 (69%) patients, of which 199 (93%) patients had a single etiology, and 15 (5%) patients had > 1 etiologies. The top three causes of febrile illness requiring hospitalization in
The safety and efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine, and their combination in the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
cure rates were similar, by Day 28 45% of children treated with AQ demonstrated R1 resistance and 27.5% were clinical failures compared with 25% and 6.3%, respectively, for SP alone. Coadministered AQ+SP
Relationship between humoral response to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> merozoite surface antigen-2 and malaria morbidity in a highly endemic area of... (Publications)
IgG to FC27, 3D7, and d3D7 was 91%, 90%, and 90%, respectively. The majority of individuals > or = 5 years of age had antibodies to both forms of MSA-2. The geometric mean antibody units increased with
Morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with... (Publications)
. Distended abdomens, defined as an abdominal circumference ratio (ACR) > 1.05, were observed in 2.5% of the sampled children, several of whom presented with particularly severe distensions necessitating
Do health workers' preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers' attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for... (Publications)
suitable for the management of uncomplicated malaria for the three patient categories: i) children below 5; ii) older children and adults; and iii) pregnant women. Practice was ascertained by asking which a
Safety and efficacy of the 10-day melarsoprol schedule for the treatment of second stage rhodesiense sleeping sickness (Publications)
follow-up after 3, 6 and 12 months. RESULTS: The incidence of ES in the trial population was 11.2% (CI 5-17%) and 13% (CI 9-17%) in the historic data. The respective case fatality rates were 8.4% (CI 3-13
A research agenda for malaria eradication: modeling (Publications)
achieving a set of goals in different socio-ecological settings and different health systems; and (5) operational feasibility assessments to weigh the economic costs, capital investments, and human resource
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the Basel city population 1989-1990 (Publications)
Hg) is observed in 17% of the men and 12% of the women, whereas an elevated cholesterol level (over 6.5 mmol/l) concerns respectively 39% and 28% of them. Regular cigarette smokers represent 30% of the males
Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2-29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent... (Publications)
BOX-PCR and MLST. RESULTS: Twenty-nine different serotypes were identified; serotypes 14, 19A, 12F, 5, 23F, and 1 were common and accounted for 58.3% of all serotypes overall. MLST analysis showed 72 sequence
The extended AT-hook is a novel RNA binding motif (Publications)
identified 80 human and 60 mouse eAT-hook proteins and biochemically characterized the eAT-hooks of Tip5/BAZ2A, PTOV1 and GPBP1. Microscale thermophoresis and electrophoretic mobility shift assays reveal the
