Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance (Publications)
Most Plasmodium falciparum infections that are detected in community surveys are characterized by low-density parasitaemia and the absence of clinical symptoms. Molecular diagnostics have shown that t
<em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> in the hamster: cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) (Publications)
Cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) were studied in the course of Schistosoma mansoni infection in the hamster. No immune response to SEA could be detected before the p
Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Immundiagnostik der Filariasis (Publications)
Four serological methods have been evaluated for the immunodiagnosis of filarial infections in European patients returning from endemic areas. The highest sensitivity was found by the immunoelectropho
The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatic morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: acceptance and evolution over 12 years (Publications)
The aim of this study is to review the worldwide acceptance of the World Health Organization (WHO) ultrasound protocol for assessing hepatosplenic morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni since its public
<em>In vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> activity of the chloroaryl-substituted imidazole viniconazole against <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the intracellular protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and affects more than 10 million people in poor areas of Latin America. There is an urgent need for alternative
Feeding behaviour of tsetse flies infected with <em>salivarian trypanosomes</em> (Publications)
Although much is known about factors which determine infection rates of salivarian trypanosomes (subgenera Nannomonas, Duttonella and Tryanozoon) in the tsetse fly Glossina, it is not clear why infect