Ten-year trends of syphilis in sero-surveillance of pregnant women in Rwanda and correlates of syphilis-HIV co-infection (Publications)
Results showed that syphilis decreased from 3.8% in 2002 to 2.0% in 2011. Syphilis in the HIV-infected participants increased from 6.0% in 2002 to 10.8% in 2011, but decreased from 3.7% to 1.7% in the [...] participants screened positive for syphilis more frequently in both rural (aOR = 3.64 [95% CI: 1.56%-8.51%]) and urban areas (aOR = 7.26 [95% CI: 5.04%-10.46%]). Older participants (25-49 years) residing [...] positive for syphilis. HIV-syphilis co-infection was more likely in women residing...
<em>Ent</em>-pimarane and <em>ent</em>-kaurane diterpenes from <em>Aldama discolor</em> (Asteraceae) and their antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
as three new diterpenes, namely, ent-7-oxo-pimara-8,15-diene-18-ol (2), ent-2S,4S-2-19-epoxy-pimara-8(3),15-diene-7beta-ol (3) and ent-7-oxo-pimara-8,15-diene-3beta-ol (4), were isolated from the dich [...] = 3.5 mu M) and L. donovani (IC 50 = 2.5 mu M) and ent-pimarane 2 against P. falciparum (IC 50 = 3.8 mu M). Both compounds returned high selectivity indices (SI > 10) in comparison with L6 cells, which
Traditional milk transformation schemes in Côte d'Ivoire and their impact on the prevalence of <em>Streptococcus bovis</em> complex bacteria in dairy... (Publications)
affecting product properties. Phenotypic and molecular analyses identified SBSEC in 27/43 (62.8%) fermented and 26/67 (38.8%) unfermented milk samples. Stratified by collection stage, fermented milk at producer [...] vendor levels featured highest SBSEC prevalence of 71.4% and 63.6%, respectively. Sii with 62.8% and 38.8% as well as Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus with 7.0% and 7.5% were the predominant
Improved latrines minimally impact <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>transmission in Mekong islands (Publications)
control villages was 28.6% and 1.8%, respectively. The prevalences of other helminth infections were as follows: Opisthorchis viverrini, 79.5% and 71.8%; hookworm, 48.8% and 65.6%; and Strongyloides stercoralis
Antitrypanosomal and antiplasmodial activity of medicinal plants from Côte d' Ivoire (Publications)
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Of those extracts 8 showed good activity (IC50 values < or =8 microg/ml), 37 revealed a weak activity (IC50 values between 25 and 8.1 microg/ml) and 56 did not show any activity
Selection and reversal of <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> resistance in the mouse model following repeated high doses of artemether (Publications)
over the final ten passages. At the higher dose of artemether, the indices of resistance were 4.8 and 8.8 after 40 and 50 passages, respectively. Importantly, resistance was unstable, since sensitivity
Improved latrines minimally impact <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>transmission in Mekong islands (Publications)
control villages was 28.6% and 1.8%, respectively. The prevalences of other helminth infections were as follows: Opisthorchis viverrini, 79.5% and 71.8%; hookworm, 48.8% and 65.6%; and Strongyloides stercoralis
Antitrypanosomal and antiplasmodial activity of medicinal plants from Côte d' Ivoire (Publications)
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Of those extracts 8 showed good activity (IC50 values < or =8 microg/ml), 37 revealed a weak activity (IC50 values between 25 and 8.1 microg/ml) and 56 did not show any activity
Selection and reversal of <em>Plasmodium berghei</em> resistance in the mouse model following repeated high doses of artemether (Publications)
over the final ten passages. At the higher dose of artemether, the indices of resistance were 4.8 and 8.8 after 40 and 50 passages, respectively. Importantly, resistance was unstable, since sensitivity
Air pollution in Switzerland: quantification of health effects using epidemiologic data (Publications)
(+25% +8.4/increase in long-term prevalence by 3,513 +/-1.475); bronchitis among children (35% +/-13/5,180 +/-2,590 additional children sufferers in a year); repeated cough among children (+54% +/-8.8/23,490 [...] 490 +/-5,873 additional children per year); cough/phlegm in adults (+12.8% +/-7.8/1.56 +/-1.08 million person-days per year); hospital admissions for respiratory diseases (+1.47% +/-0.5/71 +/-24 additional
