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
Antitrypanosomal activity of 1,2-dihydroquinolin-6-ols and their ester derivatives (Publications)
18000. 1-Benzyl-1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinolin-6-yl acetate (10a) displayed an IC(50) value of 0.014 muM against these parasites and a selectivity index of 1700. Intraperitoneal administration of 10a
Identification of antischistosomal leads by evaluating bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes, alphaperoxides, and tricyclic monoperoxides (Publications)
bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane characterized by an adamantane residue showed the highest activity (IC50: 0.3 microM) on adult Schistosoma mansoni. Studies with hemin and heme supplemented medium indicated that
Comparison of rapid methods for detection of <em>Giardia</em> spp. and <em>Cryptosporidium</em> spp. (Oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in... (Publications)
separation. We were able to detect considerably high oo(cysts) concentrations (ranges: 15-855 and 0-240 oo(cysts)/liter for Giardia and Cryptosporidium, respectively) in 85 to 300 min, with FCM being
Efficacy and safety of artemether against a natural <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> infection in sheep (Publications)
dose, a worm burden reduction of 65.3% was obtained, which was still statistically significant (P < 0.05). The lowest intramuscular dose of artemether investigated (40 mg/kg) yielded no effect on egg counts
Crying babies, tired mothers: What do we know? A systematic review (Publications)
review if they had extractable data on infant crying as well as maternal tiredness in the period of 0-3 months post partum. Of 100 retrieved publications, 10 met these criteria. FINDINGS: evidence from
Meat preparation and colorectal adenomas in a large sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study in California (United States) (Publications)
interval = 1.1-4.3). Adenoma prevalence also increased with frequency of frying red meat (P trend = 0.004). These results are consistent with a carcinogenic effect of HCA
