Is diabetes a risk factor for a severe clinical presentation of dengue? Review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The mean age of acute dengue has undergone a shift towards older ages. This fact points towards the relevance of assessing the influence of age-related comorbidities, such as diabetes, on
Asymptomatic and sub-microscopic malaria infection in Kayah State, eastern Myanmar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Myanmar has the heaviest burden of malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections are common in this region and may represent an important reservoir of t
Visual and motor evoked potentials in the course of multiple sclerosis (Publications)
While evoked potentials are sensitive tools for diagnosing multiple sclerosis, little is known about their prognostic value and their role in determining the course of the disease. To validate the vis
<em>Mansonella perstans</em> causing symptomatic hypereosinophilia in a missionary family (Publications)
Mansonella perstans is rarely pathogenic. The rare reports of symptomatic cases, however, include severe complications. Three cases of symptomatic hypereosinophilia with multi-organ involvement are de
Clinical presentation and treatment outcome of sleeping sickness in Sudanese pre-school children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Existing data on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense among children are limited. Here, we described the demographic, clinical, diagnostic, treatment and