Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Khaya anthotheca</em>, (Welv.) C.D.C. A plant used by chimpanzees for self medication (Publications)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Khaya species, endemic to Africa and Madagascar, continues to be valuable in indigenous traditional medicine. Their bitter tasting barks are decocted to treat fevers, s
Effect of single-dose oral mefloquine on the morphology of adult <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in mice (Publications)
It has been recently documented that the antimalarial drug mefloquine shows in vivo activity against schistosomes. In the present study, we assessed the effect of mefloquine on the morphology of adult
<em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>: morphological and behavioral investigation within the freshwater snail <em>Pomacea canaliculata</em> (Publications)
An infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main causative agent for human eosinophilic encephalitis, can be acquired through the consumption of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata. This
<em>In vitro</em> and in vivo evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of fractions of Holarrhena africana (Publications)
The aqueous extract of young leaves of Holarrhena africana, a plant used in the Nigerian traditional medicine, exhibited good activity against Trypanosoma brucei spp. The extract was fractionated and
HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population: an immunological profile (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accel
An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: More sensitive and scalable entomological surveillance tools are required to monitor low levels of transmission that are increasingly common across the tropics, particularly where vector c
Lung function, respiratory symptoms, and the menopausal transition (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on potential changes in respiratory health when women enter the menopausal transition. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate whether the menopausal transition is
Mobile phone use and brain tumors in children and adolescents: a multicenter case-control study (Publications)
Background It has been hypothesized that children and adolescents might be more vulnerable to possible health effects from mobile phone exposure than adults. We investigated whether mobile phone use i
