Factors determining household expenditure for tuberculosis and coping strategies in Tajikistan (Publications)
Objective: To investigate factors influencing expenditure levels and the use of potentially detrimental coping strategies among tuberculosis (TB) patients. For the purpose of the present study, potent
Predictors and overestimation of recalled mobile phone use among children and adolescents (Publications)
A growing body of literature addresses possible health effects of mobile phone use in children and adolescents by relying on the study participants' retrospective reconstruction of mobile phone use. I
Antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and cytotoxic potential of twenty-three British and Irish red algae (Publications)
As part of our continuing research on seaweeds, we have screened the crude extracts of 23 red marine algae collected from England and Ireland. The clinically important blood-stage life forms of Trypan
O-alkoxyamidine prodrugs of furamidine: in vitro transport and microsomal metabolism as indicators of in vivo efficacy in a mouse model of... (Publications)
Five O-alkoxyamidine analogues of the prodrug 2,5-bis[4-methoxyamidinophenyl]furan were synthesized and evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in the STIB900 mouse model by oral administrati
Morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with... (Publications)
The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and distribution of distended abdomens among Ugandan school children across a range of eco-epidemiological settings and to investigate the
Synthesis, DNA binding and antileishmanial activity of low molecular weight bis-arylimidamides (Publications)
The effects of reducing the molecular weight of the antileishmanial compound DB766 on DNA binding affinity, antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity are reported. The bis-arylimidamides were prepared
Comparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth <em>via</em> an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province,... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health, as well as a product of health status. Within the People's Repub