An in-depth report of quality control on Kato-Katz and data entry in four clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of albendazole against... (Publications)
Tanzania, where we noted a 2.2 percentage point increase in MHI infections (pre-QC: 1.6% vs. post-QC: 3.8%). There was a 100% agreement in the classification of drug efficacy of albendazole against STH between
Efficacy, metabolism and pharmacokinetics of Ro 15-5458, a forgotten schistosomicidal 9-acridanone hydrazone (Publications)
the presence of microsomes or whole hepatocytes. The maximum plasma concentration was approximately 8.13 mug/mL 3 h after a 50 mg/kg oral dose and the half-life was approximately 4.9 h. CONCLUSIONS: Ro
Protection from childhood asthma and allergy in Alpine farm environments - the GABRIEL Advanced Studies (Publications)
children answered a recruiting questionnaire (phase I). In phase II a stratified random subsample of 8,419 children answered a detailed questionnaire on farming environment. Blood samples and specific IgE
Pharmacovigilance in India, Uganda and South Africa with reference to WHO's minimum requirements (Publications)
reporting of data; and awareness and usage of the systems. Twenty interviews were conducted in India, 8 in Uganda and 11 in South Africa with government officials from the ministries of health, national
Medical care of asylum seekers: a descriptive study of the appropriateness of nurse practitioners' care compared to traditional physician-based care... (Publications)
respectively, received adequate care). Excessive care was observed in only 2 physician reports (0.8%) and 3 nurse reports (1.5%) (p = 0.481). CONCLUSION: Although the nursing gatekeeping system provides
Residual antimalarials in malaria patients from Tanzania - implications on drug efficacy assessment and spread of parasite resistance (Publications)
ntrine (4 ng/mL), 77 (52.0%) sulfadoxine (0.5 ng/mL), 15 (10.1%) pyrimethamine (0.5 ng/mL), 16 (10.8%) quinine (2.5 ng/mL) and none chloroquine (2.5 ng/mL). CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of patients with
Malaria and its possible control on the island of PrÃncipe (Publications)
2000 were also examined and the age and place of residence of diagnosed cases noted. RESULTS: 203 (19.8%) of the 1,026 individuals examined were found to be infected with Plasmodium falciparum. By fitting
Serodiagnosis of <em>Echinococcus spp.</em> infection: explorative selection of diagnostic antigens by peptide microarray (Publications)
57% sensitivity and 94% specificity. This candidate derived from Echinococcus multilocularis antigen B8/1 and showed strong reactivity to sera from patients infected either with E. multilocularis or E. granulosus
Differential patterns of infection and disease with <em>P. falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> in young Papua New Guinean children (Publications)
and febrile illness for 16 months. Infection status was determined by light microscopy and PCR every 8 weeks and at each febrile episode. A generalised estimating equation (GEE) approach was used to analyse
Dynamics of <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> egg output and associated infection parameters following treatment with praziquantel in school-aged... (Publications)
of 2.4% in weeks 5 (proteinuria) and 7 (leukocyturia) post-treatment, and 16.3% at the end of week 8 (microhaematuria). Macrohaematuria disappeared between weeks 3 and 6 post-treatment. CONCLUSIONS: For
