Antibody isotype responses, infection and re-infection for <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a marshland area of China (Publications)
Antibody isotype responses to adult worm antigen (AWA) of Schistosoma japonicum and two recombinant proteins (paramyosin (PMY) and a 22 kDa tegumental membrane-associated antigen (TEG)) were analyzed
Search for antiprotozoal activity in herbal medicinal preparations; new natural leads against neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
Sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, and Malaria are infectious diseases caused by unicellular eukaryotic parasites ("protozoans"). The three first mentioned are classified as Neglected T
Ebola virus disease surveillance and response preparedness in northern Ghana (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been described as unprecedented in terms of morbidity, mortality, and geographical extension. It also revealed many weaknesses and inadequ
Use of an ecologically relevant modelling approach to improve remote sensing-based schistosomiasis risk profiling (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a widespread water-based disease that puts close to 800 million people at risk of infection with more than 250 million infected, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission is govern
Annoyance from road traffic, trains, airplanes and from total environmental noise levels (Publications)
There is a lack of studies assessing the exposure-response relationship between transportation noise and annoyance in North America. Our aims were to investigate the prevalence of noise annoyance indu
Comparison of community-wide, integrated mass drug administration strategies for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: More than 1ยท5 billion people are affected by schistosomiasis or soil-transmitted helminthiasis. WHO's recommendations for mass drug administration (MDA) against these parasitic infections
Prevalence and mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis viruses B, C, and E in Southern Tanzania (Publications)
Hepatitis B and C markers were tested in 980 pregnant women, in the infants born to infected mothers, and in a random sample of 42 and 50, respectively, children born to uninfected mothers in Tanzania
Diagnostic accuracy of Kato-Katz, FLOTAC, Baermann and PCR methods for the detection of light-intensity hookworm and <em>Strongyloides... (Publications)
Sensitive diagnostic tools are crucial for an accurate assessment of helminth infections in low-endemicity areas. We examined stool samples from Tanzanian individuals and compared the diagnostic accur
Effects of a school-based physical activity program on physical and psychosocial quality of life in elementary school children: a cluster-randomized... (Publications)
The present study tested the effect of a school-based physical activity (PA) program on quality of life (QoL) in 540 elementary school children. First and fifth graders were randomly assigned to a PA
