Assessment of deaths attributable to air pollution: should we use risk estimates based on time series or on cohort studies? (Publications)
attributable cases based on time-series studies from those based on cohort studies, the latter being 5-10 times larger. The authors distinguish four categories of death associated with air pollution: A)
Liver morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> in Cambodia after seven rounds of mass drug administration (Publications)
fibrosis with portal hypertension was diagnosed in 46% (vs. 0%) of people in this area; 18% (vs. 0%) and 5% (vs. 0%) of portal hypertension was classified as moderate and severe, respectively. People aged between
Detailed characterization and profiles of crankcase and diesel particulate matter exhaust emissions using speciated organics (Publications)
school bus self-pollution. As part of this monitoring campaign, a detailed characterization of PM2.5 diesel engine emissions from the tailpipe and crankcase emissions from the road draft tubes was performed
Efficacy of DB289 in Thai patients with <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> or acute, uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections (Publications)
falciparum infections were admitted and treated with 100 mg of DB289 given orally twice a day for 5 days and were followed for 28 days. Patients with P. vivax infections were also treated with primaquine
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
Systematic review on the health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stations (Publications)
environment. FINDINGS: We included in the analysis 17 articles that met our basic quality criteria: 5 randomized human laboratory trials and 12 epidemiological studies. The majority of the papers (14) examined
Real-time PCR detection and quantification of vector trichodorid nematodes and <em>Tobacco rattle virus</em> (Publications)
r trichodorid nematodes and associated Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) based on a real-time fluorogenic 5' nuclease PCR assay (TaqMan). Two independent primer/probe sets were designed targeting the 18S gene
Klinik und Epidemiologie der Kryptosporidiose bei immunkompetenten Kindern (Publications)
and ranged from 1 to 25 days. In contrast, shedding of oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp. lasted for 12.5 days and was significantly longer than the period of diarrhoea (p = 0.02). Compared with control patients
Antitrypanosomal activity of 1,2-dihydroquinolin-6-ols and their ester derivatives (Publications)
optimization study based on the lead antitrypanosomal compound 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinolin-6-yl 3,5-dimethoxybenzoate (TDR20364, 1a) was undertaken in an attempt to discover new trypanocides with potent
Measurements of particle number and mass concentrations and size distributions in a tunnel environment (Publications)
occasional smaller modes around 100 nm. The PM10 mass emission factor for heavy-duty vehicles was 14.5 times higher than that of light-duty vehicles. The particles derived from diesel are more abundant in