<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> is a cause of abdominal pain, diarrhea and urticaria in rural Cambodia (Publications)
months; epigastric (11, 55.0%) and peri-umbilical (13, 65.0%) pains were most frequent. Five patients (23.8%) reported having experienced urticaria the week preceding the examination. One patient suffered from
Structure-activity study of pentamidine analogues as antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
33, 44, 59, 62, 64, and 66) exhibited equal or better antileishmanial activities than 1 (IC(50) = 1.8 microM). Several congeners were more active than 1 in vivo, curing at least 2/4 infected animals in
<em>In vivo</em> and <em>in vitro</em> sensitivity of <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> to combinations of triclabendazole and artesunate, artemether or OZ78 (Publications)
infected rats were subjected to single drugs or drug combinations 3-4 weeks (juvenile flukes) and > 8 weeks (adult flukes) post infection. Negative binomial regressions of worm and egg counts were used
Ultraviolet emission spectra of sunbeds (Publications)
for sunbeds. This corresponds to a UV index of 13, which is significantly higher than the UV index of 8.5 of the high summer sun at noon at intermediate latitudes. The measurements were spread over the whole
Malaria-infected mice are cured by oral administration of new artemisinin derivatives (Publications)
Ten new trioxane dimers at only a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg prolong mouse average survival to days 8.7-13.7, and this effect is comparable to that of the fully synthetic trioxolane drug development candidate
Etiology of anemia among infants, school-aged children, and young non-pregnant women in different settings of south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
anemia and studied underlying risk factors in infants (6-23 months), young school-aged children (6-8 years), and young non-pregnant women (15-25 years) in south-central Cote d'Ivoire. Blood, stool, and
Emergence chez l’homme de fasciolose à <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> et de distomatose intestinale à <em>Fasciolopsis buski</em> au Laos (Publications)
Laotian villages, the prevalence of human fascioliasis reached 2.4 % after a stool examination and 13.8 % after systematic serology testing. The prevalence of intestinal distomatosis from F. buski was 33
Effect of repeated application of microbial larvicides on malaria transmission in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
breeding sites over a 7-month period. Microbial larvicides were applied once every 3 wk; first Bti (0.8 mg/liter), followed by Bs (10 mg/liter) 3-4 days later. Adult mosquitoes were collected inside and outside
Identification of nuclear proteins that differentially interact with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> var gene promoters (Publications)
chromosomal regions occurs by different mechanisms. Subtelomeric var gene transcription is repressed 4-8 h before that of chromosome-central var genes. Both repression events coincide with the shifted expression
Effect of floods on the transmission of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze River valley, People's Republic of China (Publications)
cases with schistosomiasis japonica was markedly higher in years characterized by floods; on average, 2.8 times more cases were observed when compared to years that the Yangtze River had normal water levels
