Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents (Publications)
medicines used to treat schistosomiasis, displayed the highest activity (IC50 = 30.5 mug/mL and 30.8 mug/mL, respectively) against Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. NTD-B2-DCM, also obtained from an an
Travellers returning from the island of Zanzibar colonized with MDR <em>Escherichia coli </em>strains: assessing the impact of local people and other... (Publications)
implemented. RESULTS: Twenty-four travellers returned colonized with ESC-R- (n = 29) and/or CST-R- (n = 8) Ec strains. Almost all ESC-R-Ec were CTX-M-15 producers and belonged to heterogeneous STs/core-genome
Attrition, physical integrity and insecticidal activity of long-lasting insecticidal nets in sub-Saharan Africa and modelling of their impact on... (Publications)
country than by net brand for three measures of durability (ratios of variance components 4.6, 4.4, and 1.8 times for LLIN survival, use, and integrity, respectively). In some countries, LLIN attrition was slow
Patterns of human exposure to malaria vectors in Zanzibar and implications for malaria elimination efforts (Publications)
night. RESULTS: Overall, 92% of female Anopheles mosquitoes were caught in the rainy season compared to 8% in the dry season and 72% were caught outdoors compared to 28% indoors. For individual ITN users, ITNs
Association between domains of physical activity and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality (Publications)
validated MOSPA (MONICA Optional Study on Physical Activity) questionnaire. After a median follow-up of 17.8 years, a total of 995 deaths occurred, with 452 from CVD and 326 from cancer. For all-cause mortality
Nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine pharmacokinetics in African children on paediatric fixed-dose combination tablets (Publications)
most were malnourished. Mean (range) nevirapine C12h, Cmax and AUC12h of 6.0 (1.4, 16.9) mg/l, 10.0 (3.8, 22.5) mg/l and 94.4 (32.1, 232) mg/l per hour were higher than those reported in adults. Nevirapine
An ultra-sensitive assay targeting the circulating anodic antigen for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a low-endemic area, People's... (Publications)
UCP-LF CAA urine assay detected 36 CAA positives (9.7%) and the serum-based CAA assay 21 positives (11.8%). The Kato-Katz technique revealed only six positive stool samples (1.4%). Among those 166 individuals
In Ivorian school-age children, infection with hookworm does not reduce dietary iron absorption or systemic iron utilization, whereas afebrile... (Publications)
y with afebrile Plasmodium falciparum (n = 17), hookworm (n = 16), or S. haematobium infection (n = 8) consumed a syrup containing 3 mg (57)Fe as ferrous sulfate and received an intravenous infusion of
Two-year evaluation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Children (IPTc) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control in Ghana (Publications)
0% at year-one evaluation had reduced further from 3% to 1% at year-two-evaluation. At baseline, 13.8% of the children were febrile (axilary temperature of > /=37.5 degrees C) compared to 2.2% at year-
Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: a cross-sectional descriptive study (Publications)
relatively high (80%, 109 out of 136), GP service utilisation during the last episode of illness, at 56.8% (54 out of 95), was low. The statistical analysis showed that age being younger than 35 years, lacking
