Landfills in Jiangsu province, China, and potential threats for public health: Leachate appraisal and spatial analysis using geographic information... (Publications)
Waste disposal is of growing environmental and public health concern in China where landfilling is the predominant method of disposal. The assessment of potential health hazards posed by existing land
Histopathological changes in juvenile <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> harboured in hamsters treated with artemether (Publications)
Histopathological changes in juvenile Schistosoma haematobium, caused by artemether administered to the infected hamsters, were studied. Hamsters were infected with S. haematobium cercariae, and after
Identification of the human paragonimiasis causative agent in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
To assess the species of human paragonimiasis in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 6 ovum samples from 6 native confirmed paragonimiasis patients were examined with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amp
The regional network for Asian schistosomiasis and other helminth zoonoses (RNAS+): target diseases in face of climate change (Publications)
Climate change-according to conventional wisdom-will result in an expansion of tropical parasitic diseases in terms of latitude and altitude, with vector-borne diseases particularly prone to change. H
Health-education package to prevent worm infections in Chinese schoolchildren (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths are among the most prevalent sources of human infections globally. We determined the effect of an educational package at rural schools in Linxiang City District,
Patterns of exposure to infectious diseases and social contacts in early life and risk of brain tumours in children and adolescents: an International... (Publications)
Background:Infectious diseases and social contacts in early life have been proposed to modulate brain tumour risk during late childhood and adolescence.Methods:CEFALO is an interview-based case-contro