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1. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk (Publications)

   Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

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   Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (> /=140 mm Hg systolic blood

2. Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine (Publications)

   Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine

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   Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a neglected bacterial infection of the poor in remote rural areas, mostly affecting children. BUD is a mutilating disease leading to se

3. Identification of antischistosomal leads by evaluating bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes, alphaperoxides, and tricyclic monoperoxides (Publications)

   Identification of antischistosomal leads by evaluating bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes, alphaperoxides, and tricyclic monoperoxides

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   Although antischistosomal properties of peroxides were studied in recent years, systematic structure-activity relationships have not been conducted. We evaluated the antischistosomal potential of 64 p

4. Nutritive value of four wild leafy vegetables in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)

   Nutritive value of four wild leafy vegetables in Côte d'Ivoire

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5. Lack of antigenic diversification of major outer membrane proteins during clonal waves of <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup A colonization and... (Publications)

   Lack of antigenic diversification of major outer membrane proteins during clonal waves of <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup A colonization and disease

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   In particular in the 'meningitis belt' of sub-Saharan Africa, epidemic meningococcal meningitis is a severe public health problem. In the past decades, serogroup A lineages have been the dominant etio

6. Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: findings from a multicountry household survey (Publications)

   Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: findings from a multicountry household survey

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   Abstract Background: Women worldwide use various vaginal practices to clean or modify their vulva and vagina. Additional population-level information is needed on prevalence and motivations for these

7. <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> ANKA: selection of resistance to piperaquine and lumefantrine in a mouse model (Publications)

   <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> ANKA: selection of resistance to piperaquine and lumefantrine in a mouse model

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   We have selected piperaquine (PQ) and lumefantrine (LM) resistant Plasmodium berghei ANKA parasite lines in mice by drug pressure. Effective doses that reduce parasitaemia by 90% (ED(90)) of PQ and LM

8. The role of parasitic infections in atopic diseases in rural schoolchildren (Publications)

   The role of parasitic infections in atopic diseases in rural schoolchildren

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   BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that the farming environment has a protective effect as regards allergic diseases. Exposure to animal parasites, particularly helminth infections, is common in

9. Cost-description of a pilot parental vaccination campaign against rabies in dogs in N'Djaména, Chad (Publications)

   Cost-description of a pilot parental vaccination campaign against rabies in dogs in N'Djaména, Chad

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10. Update on the diagnosis and treatment of food-borne trematode infections (Publications)

    Update on the diagnosis and treatment of food-borne trematode infections

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    PURPOSE OF REVIEW: More than 40 million people are affected by food-borne trematode infections. Diagnosis is unsatisfactory and there are only two drugs available for treatment and control: praziquant