A broadly-protective vaccine against meningococcal disease in sub-Saharan Africa based on generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) (Publications)
generalised modules for membrane antigens (GMMA) from a recombinant serogroup W strain expressing PorA P1.5,2, which is predominant among African W isolates. The strain was engineered with deleted capsule locus
The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator? (Publications)
case per 100,000 visits. The number of visitors arriving from source countries increased by 60% from 8.5 Million to 13.6 million over the 6 years. CONCLUSION: The intensity of malaria transmission particularly
Modified mosquito landing boxes dispensing transfluthrin provide effective protection against <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> mosquitoes under simulated... (Publications)
of volatile compounds without the need for the user to remember to employ it. Two MLBs were located 5 m from a human volunteer to investigate the repellent effects of a transfluthrin 'bubble' created between
Spatial and temporal variation of malaria entomological parameters at the onset of a hydro-agricultural development in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
bites per person per year with An. gambiae. For An. funestus considerably lower EIRs were observed (5.7-39.4). Changing patterns of An. gambiae were not correlated with malaria transmission. CONCLUSION:
Comparison of detection methods to estimate asexual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasite prevalence and gametocyte carriage in a community survey... (Publications)
falciparum was 38% (86/226; 95% CI 31.9-44.4%) by qPCR, 15.9% (36/226; 95% CI 11.1-20.7%) by RDT and 5.8% (13/226; 95% CI 2.69- 8.81%) by LM. qPCR was positive for 72% (26/36) of the RDT-positive samples
Sustaining control of <em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> in moderate endemicity areas in western Côte d'Ivoire: a SCORE study protocol (Publications)
ase for programme decisions about preventive chemotherapy to sustain control of schistosomiasis, a 5-year multi-country study with different treatment arms has been designed by the Schistosomiasis Consortium
The effect of cyclin D1 (CCND1) G870A-polymorphism on breast cancer risk is modified by oxidative stress among Chinese women in Singapore (Publications)
and 670 female cohort controls was examined for CCND1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 genes using fluorogenic 5'-nuclease assay. Unconditional logistic regression models were used to assess the effects with adjustment
Exposure to a farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on T(H)2-dependent isotype switching in response to common inhalants (Publications)
exposure acts to protect against atopy. METHODS: Serum IgG1 to IgG4 and IgE to grass (rPhl p 1 and rPhl p 5), cat (rFel d 1), and mite (rDer p 2) were assessed by means of ELISA in the Allergy and Endotoxin study
Risk factors of new-onset asthma in adults: a population-based international cohort study (Publications)
were free of asthma and reported at the beginning of the follow-up that they had never had asthma (4.5 per 1000 person-years). In a logistic regression, the following risk factors were found to increase
Efficacy of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>and <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em>: a randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial (Publications)
8% and 98.9%, respectively. S. mekongi cure rates were 75.0% (95% confidence interval (CI): 56.6-88.5%) and 80.8% (95% CI: 60.6-93.4%) for 40 mg/kg and 75 mg/kg PZQ, respectively (P = 0.60). O. viverrini