The challenge to avoid anti-malarial medicine stock-outs in an area of funding partners: the case of Tanzania (Publications)
were collected weekly by the mobile phone reporting tool SMS for Life on ACT availability from over 5,000 public health facilities in Tanzania starting from September 2011 to December 2012. Stock data for
Diversity of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </em>and drug resistance in different provinces of Papua New Guinea (Publications)
4 was the most prevalent lineage (76.6%), whereas in Goroka and Alotau Lineage 2 was dominating (60.5% and 84.4%, respectively) (p inverted question mark < inverted question mark0.001). Overall, phenotypic
Helminth infection in southern Laos: high prevalence and low awareness (Publications)
hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia sp. was 88.7%, 86.6%, 32.9%, 9.8% and 11.5%, respectively. Most individuals were co-infected with O. viverrini and hookworm. More men had multiple
AID protein expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma is associated with poor prognosis and complex genetic alterations (Publications)
approach. We found AID heterogeneously expressed in tumor cells as shown by colocalization analysis for CD5 and CD23. Ki-67 positive paraimmunoblasts of the proliferation centers displayed the highest expression
Reduced fertility associated with HIV: the contribution of pre-existing subfertility (Publications)
women beginning in the 3 months following 47 (7.0%) of 669 visits made by HIV-infected women and 77 (9.5%) of 812 visits by HIV-negative women (P = 0.12). Adjusting for age, lactation, illness, STD and the
Water pipe smoking and its association with cigarette and cannabis use in young adults in Switzerland (Publications)
during the last 52 weeks. Results: Out of 353 volunteers, a total of 204 subjects (mean age 21 ± 3.5 years, 113 males) met the inclusion criteria for the study. A total of 78% (n = 160), 30.0% (n = 55)
Efficacy and safety of two closely spaced doses of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S. mansoni</em> and re-infection... (Publications)
86.7 (Diambala) to 151.4eggs/g of stool (Namarigoungou). Adverse events were reported by 32.9% and 1.5% of the children after the first and second doses of PZQ, respectively. We found cure rates (CRs) in
Anthelmintic activity of medicinal plants used in Côte d'Ivoire for treating parasitic diseases (Publications)
in death of adult worms and inhibition of activity of third-stage larvae (L3). Of the extracts, 41.5% completely inhibited movement of H. bakeri L3 at minimal lethal concentration (MLC) values of 20-200
Temperature-related overestimation of energy expenditure, based on heart-rate monitoring in obese boys (Publications)
05 (2.77) MJ, respectively. The excessive HR measured in a warm summer climate could explain 8.8 (3.5)% of EE during outdoor activities, which resulted in a 2.9 (2.7)% overestimate of EE during daily waking
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Khaya anthotheca</em>, (Welv.) C.D.C. A plant used by chimpanzees for self medication (Publications)
showed activity against Plasmodium falciparum (IC50 0.955?g/ml) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (IC50 5.72?g/ml). The pure compounds (1) and (2) demonstrated activity against Plasmodium falciparum (KI strain)