Gender and socio-cultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi (Publications)
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To compare the interval from symptom onset to diagnosis of TB for men and women, and to assess socio-cultural
Novel orally active antimalarial thiazoles (Publications)
An aminomethylthiazole pyrazole carboxamide lead 3 with good in vitro antiplasmodial activity [IC(50): 0.08 muM (K1, chloroquine and multidrug resistant strain) and 0.07 muM (NF54, chloroquine sensiti
Fecal contamination of food, water, hands and kitchen utensils at the household level in Peru (Publications)
The study described in this article evaluated sources of contamination of children's food and drinking water in rural households in the highlands of Peru. Samples from children's meals, drinking water
Trends in prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in 5-7 year old Swiss children from 1992 to 2001 (Publications)
Background: Changing occurrence rates of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis are of public health concern and require surveillance. Changes in prevalence rates of these atopic diseases wer
SAR studies on azasterols as potential anti-trypanosomal and anti-leishmanial agents (Publications)
There is an urgent need for the development of new drugs for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases such as human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis. Azasterols, have been
Targeted and non-targeted analysis of membrane lipids using mass spectrometry (Publications)
Mass spectrometry has gained popularity amongst cell biologists in recent years as a complementary tool to probe the metabolism and biological functions of lipids. Indeed, the technology offers unprec