Use of disability adjusted life years in the estimation of the disease burden of echinococcosis for a high endemic region of the Tibetan plateau (Publications)
Shiqu County, located on the Tibetan plateau of western China, has an extremely high prevalence of both human alveolar echinococcosis (AE), and cystic echinococcosis (CE). The short form 12 version 2
Discrepancy in plasma melarsoprol concentrations between HPLC and bioassay methods in patients with <em>T. gambiense</em> sleeping sickness indicates... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: With the use of a specific high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method and a bioassay which determines trypanocidal activity, concentrations of melarsoprol were assessed in plasma,
Prevalence of airflow obstruction in smokers and never smokers in Switzerland (Publications)
We aimed to measure age-specific prevalence of airflow obstruction (AO) in Switzerland in smokers and never smokers using pulmonary function tests and respiratory symptoms from 6126 subjects participa
Ancistroheynine B and two further 7,3'-coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from<em> Ancistrocladus heyneanus</em> Wall (Publications)
A new axially chiral naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, ancistroheynine B (7), has been isolated from the leaves of the Indian liana Ancistrocladus heyneanus Wall., along with two known related alkaloids,
Rapid mapping of schistosomiasis and other neglected tropical diseases in the context of integrated control programmes in Africa (Publications)
There is growing interest and commitment to the control of schistosomiasis and other so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Resources for control are inevitably limited, necessitating assessmen