Risk of<em> vibrio</em> transmission linked to the consumption of crustaceans in coastal towns of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of Vibrio spp. transmission from crustaceans to humans in two coastal towns of Cote d'Ivoire. Bacteriologic analysis was performed on 322 crustacean sa
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: common drugs for treatment and control (Publications)
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasitic trematode worms (schistosomes) that currently affects 200 million people living in tropical and subtropical environments. It is a chronic disease and t
Repeated cross-sectional skin testing for bovine tuberculosis in cattle kept in a traditional husbandry system in Ethiopia (Publications)
Representative repeated cross-sectional skin testing for bovine tuberculosis (TB) was conducted over a period of three years in a total of 5377 cattle in three randomly selected woredas (districts) in
Oral artemether for prevention of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection: randomised controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy with praziquantel is the current strategy of choice to control schistosomiasis. However, in view of concern about praziquantel tolerance or resistance, new drugs are needed. A
Stray dog population demographics in Jodhpur, India following a population control/rabies vaccination program (Publications)
Animal Birth Control (ABC) is a program by which stray dogs are sterilized and vaccinated against rabies with the aim of controlling both dog population size and rabies. Population size and demographi
Prevalence of epilepsy in a rural district of central Lao PDR (Publications)
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of epilepsy in a rural district of Lao PDR and to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of the disease. METHODS: Door-to-door screening was performed on t
An outbreak of the desert sub-type of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Jiashi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (Publications)
Few outbreaks of the desert sub-type of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been described worldwide. In 2008, the incidence rate of VL in Jiashi County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the
A major surface glycoprotein of <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> is expressed transiently during development and can be regulated post- transcriptionally... (Publications)
Differentiation is a means by which unicellular parasites adapt to different environments. In some cases, the developmental program may be modulated by interactions with the host, but the mechanisms a