Effects of climate variability on malaria transmission in southern Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa (Publications)
to 2080. The monthly EIR for RCP8.5 was very high (1.74 to 1131.71 bites/person) compared to RCP4.5 (0.48 to 908 bites/person). These findings call for greater efforts to control malaria that take into account
High incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and related antibiotic resistance in two hospitals of different geographic regions of... (Publications)
growth was reported in 32 (84%) patients. Escherichia coli (14, 23.7%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10, 17.0%), and Klebsiella oxytoca (8, 13.6%) were the most common isolates. Most isolates were ESBL-producing
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
09; 95% CI: 1.02; 1.17 per 10 mug/m(3)), but less pronounced for diabetes incidence (RR 1.04; 95% CI: 0.96; 1.13 per 10 mug/m(3)). The overall confidence in the evidence was rated moderate, strengthened by
Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in Hargeisa, Somaliland: a hospital-based cross-sectional study (Publications)
approach to obtain patient information. A total of 319 participants (54.2% males; mean age 40.4 ± 14.0 years) had complete data records. The prevalence of hypertension was 22.6% (95% confidence interval;
Jozibrevine D from <em>Ancistrocladus ileboensis</em>, the fifth alkaloid in a series of six possible atropo-diastereomeric naphthylisoquinoline... (Publications)
ric dimers. It shows potent, and selective, antiprotozoal activity against P. falciparum (IC(50) = 0.14 muM), and it also exhibits good cytotoxic activities against drug-sensitive acute lymphoblastic CCRF-CEM
Schistosomiasis in the People’s Republic of China – down but not out (Publications)
animals were only found in Hunan. The prevalence of schistosomiasis in humans was 1.8% in Jiangxi and 8.0% in Hunan determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), while 18.3% of animals were positive
Changes in socioeconomic determinants of health in a copper mine development area, northwestern Zambia (Publications)
2011 (pre-construction) and 2019, significant changes were observed for: (i) average household size (-0.6 members); (ii) proportion of mothers that have not completed primary school (+20.4%); (iii) ownership
Pharyngeal carriage of beta-haemolytic <em>Streptococcus </em>species and seroprevalence of anti-streptococcal antibodies in children in Bouaké, Côte... (Publications)
seroprevalence was 17.3%. There was no correlation between serology and prevalence of streptococci (p = 0.722). In conclusion, there is a high pharyngeal carriage rate of non-GAS strains in children from Bouaké
Functional morphology of the midgut of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> L. (Insecta, Diptera) during blood digestion (Publications)
a series of phases that can be correlated with physiological data from the literature. In phase Ia (0-10 h after blood meal [abm]) the whorls of the rough endoplasmic reticulum unfold, the Golgi zones increase
In vitro trematocidal effects of crude alcoholic extracts of <em>Artemisia annua</em>, <em>A. absinthium</em>, <em>Asimina triloba</em>, and... (Publications)
wormwood), F. hepatica between 16 and 23 h (sweet Annie), or 40 h (paw-paw). Some extracts were active at 0.2 mg/mL and 20 mug/mL, although more time was required to kill trematodes. However, aqueous A. annua
