Trichinellosis during pregnancy: a case control study in the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic (Publications)
control group included unexposed pregnant women and their children. Among 200 women from 21 villages, 8 were confirmed positive for trichinellosis by serology; 4 of these were symptomatic. Among their children
Epidemiology of schistosomiasis in two high-risk communities of south Côte d'Ivoire with particular emphasis on pre-school-aged children (Publications)
5-61.7%). The prevalence of S. haematobium in the three age groups was 5.9-17.3%, 10.9-18.4%, and 3.8-21.3%, respectively. Most participants had light-intensity infections. Mothers' occupations and older
China's sustained drive to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
helminth infections caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm was 11.4%, with 6.8% of these infections caused by A lumbricoides. Corresponding figures for food-borne trematodiasis,
Noise-related sleep disturbances: does gender matter? (Publications)
duration in highly exposed men (> 55 dB) was reduced by 1.5 h (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3-0.8 h) compared with low exposed men (
Blood schizontocidal and gametocytocidal activity of 3-hydroxy-N'-arylidenepropanehydrazonamides: a new class of antiplasmodial compounds (Publications)
Dd2 (multidrug-resistant) strains of Plasmodium falciparum with nanomolar IC50 values in the range of 8-28 nM. Further studies revealed that the most promising derivative, bearing a 4-fluorobenzylidene moiety
Vitamin-D status is not a confounder of the relationship between zinc and diarrhoea: a study in 6-24-month-old underweight and normal-weight children... (Publications)
Normal-weight and underweight children contributed 62 117 and 62 967 day observation, with 14.2 and 12.8 days/child/year of diarrhoea, respectively. None of the models showed significant associations of vitamin-D
Multiple loci associated with indices of renal function and chronic kidney disease (Publications)
in 21,466 participants (1,932 CKD cases). We identified significant SNP associations (P < 5 x 10(-8)) with CKD at the UMOD locus, with eGFRcrea at UMOD, SHROOM3 and GATM-SPATA5L1, and with eGFRcys at
2<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole-based dipeptidyl nitriles: potent, selective, and trypanocidal rhodesain inhibitors by structure-based design (Publications)
bridge. A series of acyclic dipeptidyl nitriles was developed using structure-based design (PDB ID: 6EX8 ). The selectivity against the closely related cysteine protease human cathepsin L (hCatL) was substantially
Comparison of sensitivity and annoyance to road traffic and community noise between a South African and a Swiss population sample (Publications)
neighborhood noise than in Switzerland (21.1% vs 9.4%), this was not the case among men (7.1% vs 7.8%). Multivariable logistic regression models showed that in both countries men tended to be less sensitive
Early antischistosomal leads identified from<em> in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> screening of the Medicines for Malaria Venture pathogen box (Publications)
chronic S. mansoni infection. MMV022029 and MMV022478 revealed the highest worm burden reductions of 67.8 and 70.7%, respectively. This study provided a series of new potent scaffolds and pharmacophores that
