In vitro and in vivo efficacy of tribendimidine and its metabolites alone and in combination against the hookworms <em>Heligmosomoides bakeri</em> and... (Publications)
Worldwide, 3 billion people are at risk of hookworm infection, particularly in resource-poor countries. While control of soil-transmitted helminthiases relies mostly on chemotherapy, only few drugs ar
Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution (Publications)
In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member states to attain, by 2010, a minimum target of regularly administering anthelminthic drugs to at least 75% and up to
Relative contribution of day-to-day and intra-specimen variation in faecal egg counts of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> before and after treatment with... (Publications)
There is evidence that faecal egg counts of Schistosoma mansoni vary considerably from day to day, which results in poor sensitivity of single stool readings. Intra-specimen variation of S. mansoni eg
Current progress in the development and use of artemether for chemoprophylaxis of major human schistosome parasites (Publications)
Human schistosomiasis, a chronic and debilitating parasitic disease of the tropics, is ranked second after malaria in terms of public health importance. At present, there is no vaccine available, and
The economic payoffs of integrated malaria control in the Zambian copperbelt between 1930 and 1950 (Publications)
It has long been suggested that malaria is delaying the economic development of countries that are most severely affected by the disease. Several studies have documented the economic consequences of m
FLOTAC: a new sensitive technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infections in humans (Publications)
Hookworms infect more than 10% of the world's population, but current diagnostic tools have drawbacks. Our objective was to compare the diagnostic performance of three methods (Kato-Katz, ether concen
