Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of... (Publications)
re-infection with A. lumbricoides was observed: the prevalence 4 and 6 months post-treatment was 75.8% and 83.8%, respectively. Re-infection with hookworm and T. trichiura was considerably slower
Effects of filter choice in GT3X accelerometer assessments of free-living activity (Publications)
the population-based SAPALDIA-cohort (50.8% women, age range 40-80 years) wore two GT3X accelerometers with different filter selections simultaneously during 8 days. Spearman correlations, Wilcoxon rank
Sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Vernonia cinerascens </em>sch. bip. and their <em>in vitro</em> antitrypanosomal activity (Publications)
new germacrolide type sesquiterpene lactone vernocinerascolide (8) from the dichloromethane extract of V. cinerascens leaves. Compounds 3-8 were characterized by extensive analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR
Ancistrocladinium A and B, the first N,C-coupled naphthyldihydroisoquinoline alkaloids, from a Congolese ancistrocladus species (Publications)
alkaloids found in nature, i.e., with an iminium-aryl axis. Although ancistrocladinium A, which is N,8'-coupled, is configurationally stable at this axis, ancistrocladinum B and its rotational isomer are [...] direction, the Gibbs free energies of activation were determined to be DeltaG double dagger1 = 105.8 kJ mol-1 and DeltaG double dagger2 = 105.7 kJ mol-1, respectively. In addition, the compounds were shown
Contribution of dengue fever to the burden of acute febrile illnesses in Papua New Guinea: an age-specific prospective study (Publications)
Malaria was confirmed in 52% (301/578, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 48-56%), DF was diagnosed in 8% (46/578, 95% CI = 6-10%), and 40% (95% CI = 36-44%) had neither diagnosis. Among the 317 malaria R [...] This study provides good evidence for the first time that DF is common in PNG and is responsible for 8% of fever episodes. The common occurrence of DF in a population with presumed previous exposure to dengue
Pouched rats' detection of tuberculosis in human sputum: comparison to culturing and polymerase chain reaction (Publications)
the rats increased new case detection by 46.8% relative to microscopy alone. The average samplewise sensitivity of the individual rats was 68.4% (range 61.1-73.8%), and the mean specificity was 87.3% (range
Diversity of human intestinal helminthiasis in Lao PDR (Publications)
9%). The prevalences of Taenia spp., Strongyloides stercoralis and Trichuris trichiura were 22.8%, 10.3% and 8.6%, respectively. Additionally, 97 individuals were purged; O. viverrini and Haplorchis taichui
Potential impact of climate change on schistosomiasis transmission in China (Publications)
japonicum within the intermediate host snail (i.e., Oncomelania hupensis), and a temperature of 5.8 degrees C at which half the snail sample investigated was in hibernation. Historical data suggest that [...] non-endemic areas in the north, with an additional risk area of 783,883 km(2) by 2050, translating to 8.1% of the surface area of China. Our results call for rigorous monitoring and surveillance of schis
Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of... (Publications)
re-infection with A. lumbricoides was observed: the prevalence 4 and 6 months post-treatment was 75.8% and 83.8%, respectively. Re-infection with hookworm and T. trichiura was considerably slower
Effects of filter choice in GT3X accelerometer assessments of free-living activity (Publications)
the population-based SAPALDIA-cohort (50.8% women, age range 40-80 years) wore two GT3X accelerometers with different filter selections simultaneously during 8 days. Spearman correlations, Wilcoxon rank
