Postpartum traditions and nutrition practices among urban Lao women and their infants in Vientiane, Lao PDR (Publications)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To assess the traditional postpartum practices, mother and child nutritional status and associated factors. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 41 randomly selected vill
Molecular approaches to diversity of populations of apicomplexan parasites (Publications)
Apicomplexan parasites include many parasites of importance either for livestock or as causative agents of human diseases. The importance of these parasites has been recognised by the European Commiss
Eosinophilic meningitis due to<em> Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> in Switzerland (Publications)
Eosinophilic meningitis is a well-known disease in areas where the rat lung worm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is endemic, i.e. in Southeast Asia and in the Caribbean. We report a case of eosinophilic m
Retinol assessment among women and children in Sahelian mobile pastoralists (Publications)
Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in developing countries, particularly in remote communities such as mobile pastoralists. The nutritional and vitamin A status of this population is not well-d
Aminoindoles, a novel scaffold with potent activity against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
This study characterizes aminoindole molecules that are analogs of Genz-644442. Genz-644442 was identified as a hit in a screen of ~70,000 compounds in the Broad Institute's small-molecule library and