Serological and molecular evidence of <em>Brucella </em>species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya (Publications)
bcsp31 gene and real-time PCR (RT-PCR) assays targeting IS711 and bcsp31 genes. RESULTS: A prevalence of 0.57% (n = 4/700) was estimated using RBT; none of these samples was positive on cELISA. All RBT positive
Assessment of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence and predictors by HbA1c in a population from sub-Saharan Africa with a high proportion of anemia: a... (Publications)
9 to 13.7), obesity (10.9%; 95% CI 6.9 to 16) compared with patients 18-29 years old (2.2%; 95% CI 0.9 to 4.4) (p
Detection of second line drug resistance among drug resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> isolates in Botswana (Publications)
second-line drug susceptibility testing was done using the Hain Genotype MTBDRsl line probe assay version 2.0. The treatment outcomes were defined according to the Botswana national and World Health Organization
A tiered approach for assessing individual and combined risk of pyrethroids using human biomonitoring data (Publications)
c refinement quantified the risk level of the most exposed population (Belgium) at 2% or between 1-0.1% depending on the assumptions. In the substance specific assessments, the 95th percentiles of urinary
High-throughput <em>Plasmodium falciparum hrp2</em> and <em>hrp3 </em>gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test... (Publications)
quantifies hrp2, hrp3, and a control gene with very high accuracy. The theoretical limit of detection was 0.33 parasites/microL. The deletion was reliably detected in mixed infections with wild-type and hrp2-deleted
Effects of engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders on vaccination coverage in Cross River State,... (Publications)
four intervention LGAs. Baseline, midline and endline surveys collected information on children aged 0-23 months. The effect of the intervention on outcomes including the proportion fully up-to-date with
Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of <em>Scrophularia cryptophila</em> (Publications)
against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC(50)'s 2.0 and 5.8 microg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum
Relationship between <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> genotype and the clinical phenotype of pulmonary and meningeal tuberculosis (Publications)
genotype had consolidation on chest X-ray than was the case with disease caused by other genotypes (P = 0.006). Multivariate analysis revealed that meningitis caused by the East Asian/Beijing genotype was
Gender, suicide, and the sociocultural context of deliberate self-harm in an urban general hospital in Mumbai, India (Publications)
of depressive disorder was made for 48.9 percent of women and 39.4 percent of men. Many patients (50.0 percent of women and 41.3 percent of men) did not fulfill the criteria for any diagnosis, or did so
Synthesis and antitubulin activity of N1- and N4-substituted 3,5-dinitro sulfanilamides against African trypanosomes and Leishmania (Publications)
35) augments antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial activity. Compound 35 possesses IC(50) values of 0.12 and 2.6 microM against cultured T. brucei and L. donovani amastigote-like forms, surpassing the activity
