Financial and economic costs of the elimination and eradication of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a parasitic disease transmitted by blackflies. Symptoms include severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% of
Opportunities and limiting factors of intensive vegetable farming in malaria endemic Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
specific socio-ecological settings, as otherwise, it might increase the burden of water-related parasitic diseases and delay economic advance. The purpose of this study is to assess and quantify the effect
Routine delivery of artemisinin-based combination treatment at fixed health facilities reduces malaria prevalence in Tanzania: an observational study (Publications)
to reduce malaria transmission due to their ability to kill both asexual blood stages of malaria parasites, which sustain infections over long periods and the immature derived sexual stages responsible for
Spatial risk profiling of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia in a high endemicity area in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
ren were infected with P. falciparum and the mean parasitaemia among infected children was 959 parasites/mul of blood. Age, socioeconomic status, not sleeping under a bed net, coverage rate with bed nets
Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
7, 53.1, 52.2, 52.6 and 55.6 ml kg(-1) min(-1), respectively. The VO(2) max of children with no parasite infections was 53.5 ml kg(-1) min(-1). No statistically significant difference was detected between
The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against protozoan neglected diseases - part I (Publications)
Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma (Human African Trypanosomiasis
A new double-antibody sandwich ELISA targeting <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> aldolase to evaluate anti-malarial drug sensitivity (Publications)
twenty possibilities, the most sensitive antibody pair was selected and used to quantitatively detect parasite aldolase in infected blood lysates. RESULTS: A total of 34 compounds with anti-malarial activity
Compensatory density feedback of <em>Oncomelania hupensis</em> populations in two different environmental settings in China (Publications)
Our findings indicate that integrated schistosomiasis control measures must continue to reduce parasite abundance further because intermediate host snail populations tend to grow exponentially at low
A heteromeric potassium channel involved in the modulation of the plasma membrane potential is essential for the survival of African trypanosomes (Publications)
here 2 gene products of Trypanosoma brucei that are essential for the growth of bloodstream form parasites (BSF), as shown by RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated down-regulation of the individual mRNAs. The
A novel approach for measuring the burden of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria: application to data from Zambia (Publications)
clinical cases or episodes, with the main data sources being reports from health facilities and parasite prevalence surveys. The use of burden estimates that do not consider effects of treatment, leads
