FLOTAC: a new sensitive technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infections in humans (Publications)
prevalences as assessed by the FLOTAC, Kato-Katz and ether concentration techniques were 65.7%, 51.0% and 28.4%, respectively. Considering the combined results as the diagnostic 'gold' standard, the FLOTAC
Associations between home- and family-related factors and fruit juice and soft drink intake among 10- to 12-year old children: the ENERGY project (Publications)
modeling, self-efficacy, rewarding, and family consumption). 7915 children (52% girls; mean age=11.7±0.8 years) and 6512 parents (83% women; mean age=41.4±5.3 years) completed the questionnaire. Multilevel
Prevalence of epilepsy in a rural district of central Lao PDR (Publications)
le as either generalized or partial. EEG abnormal findings were found in 12 of the 24 patients (50.0%) who had an EEG registration. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study in Lao PDR to estimate the prevalence
Pulsed radio-frequency electromagnetic fields: dose-dependent effects on sleep, the sleep EEG and cognitive performance (Publications)
ed EMF (GSM handset like signal) with a 10 g-averaged peak spatial specific absorption rate of (1) 0.2 W kg(-1), (2) 5 W kg(-1), or (3) sham exposed in a double-blind, crossover design. During exposure
Toward the development of dual-targeted glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase/trypanothione reductase inhibitors against <em>Trypanosoma... (Publications)
noxy}anthracene-1,4-dion e (compound 6) displayed a remarkable EC50 value for T. brucei parasites (0.026 muM) combined with a very low cytotoxicity toward mammalian L6 cells (7.95 muM). This promising
Use of poly(amidoamine) drug conjugates for the delivery of antimalarials to <em>Plasmodium</em> (Publications)
final conjugate containing from 14.2 to 32.9% (w/w) active principle. Intraperitoneal administration of 0.8mg/kg chloroquine as either AGMA1 or ISA23 salts cured P. yoelii-infected mice, whereas control animals
Cognitive training in Parkinson disease: cognition-specific vs nonspecific computer training (Publications)
were trained with Wii for 4 weeks performed better in attention (95% confidence interval: -1.49 to -0.11) than patients trained with CogniPlus. CONCLUSIONS: In our study, patients with PD derived at least
The effect of zinc supplementation on body composition and hormone levels related to adiposity among children: a systematic review (Publications)
hospital-based, from fourteen developing and developed countries. SUBJECTS: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 10 years. RESULTS: Seven of the fourteen studies reported an overall or subgroup effect of Zn su
Absolute quantification of the host-to-parasite DNA ratio in <em>Theileria parva</em>-infected lymphocyte cell lines (Publications)
cell lines and that consequently, due to its much smaller genome size, T. parva DNA comprises between 0.9% and 3% of the total DNA samples extracted from these lines. This absolute quantification assay of
Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales against anthropometric measurements in adults (Publications)
characteristic curve analyses showed a high predictive ability to identify individuals with BMI > 25.0 kg/m2 in both sexes. The optimal figural scales for identifying overweight or obese individuals with
