Exposure assessment to dust and free silica for workers of Sangan iron ore mine in Khaf, Iran (Publications)
Tappeh Ghermez drilling no. 1 at 66 +/- 13 and 1.5 +/- 0.4 mg/m(3), respectively, while the minimum concentrations were measured in pneumatic hammer at 5.26 +/- 3 and 0.01 +/- 0.005 mg/m(3), respectively
An observational study of material durability of three World Health Organization-recommended long-lasting insecticidal nets in eastern Chad (Publications)
were recorded by using three hole categories (average diameter = 2, 3.5, and 15 cm) and a Proportionate Hole Index (pHI). A total of 69.5% were in poor or very poor condition. There was no significant difference
Approach to estimating participant pollutant exposures in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) (Publications)
assessment program to characterize long-term average concentrations of ambient-generated PM2.5, specific PM2.5 chemical components, and copollutants, with particular emphasis on capturing concentration gradients
National intestinal helminth survey among schoolchildren in Tajikistan: prevalences, risk factors and perceptions (Publications)
the country, prevalences of E. vermicularis, A. lumbricoides, H. nana and T. trichiura were 26.5%, 16.9%, 15.5% and 2.7% respectively. The prevalence of common soil-transmitted helminth (A. lumbricoides and
Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes (Publications)
patients selected randomly from 4221 registered patients were analyzed. The registry sample included 10 (3.5%) coinfected patients not enrolled in the SHCS: the estimated number of HIV-infected patients not enrolled [...] 2000-2008 was 146 (95% CI 122-173). Coinfected patients were more likely to be from sub-Saharan Africa (51.5% versus 15.8%, P
Multiplicity and diversity of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> infections in a highly endemic region in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
of the malaria cases in children less than 5 years of age. We collected 2117 blood samples at 2-monthly intervals from a cohort of 268 children aged 1 to 4.5 years and estimated the diversity and multiplicity
Antiplasmodial, anti-trypanosomal, anti-leishmanial and cytotoxicity activity of selected Tanzanian medicinal plants (Publications)
17 showed good antiplasmodial activity (IC50 0.04-5.0 microg/ml), 7 exhibited moderate anti-trypanosomal activity (IC50 2.3-2.8 microg/ml), while 5 displayed mild anti-leishmanial activity (IC50 8.8-9
Novel orally active antimalarial thiazoles (Publications)
activity in the P. berghei mouse model at 4 x 50 mg/kg administration via the oral route, showing 99.5% activity and 9 days survival and showed low in vitro cytotoxicity. Pharmacokinetic studies in rats [...] administration. Toward toxicity profiling, 3 exhibited moderate potential to inhibit CYP1A2 (IC(50) = 1.5 muM) and 2D6 (IC(50) = 0.4 muM) as well as having a potential hERG liability (IC(50) = 3.7 muM)
Variation in survival after diagnosis of breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
Swiss cancer registries covering a population of 3.5 million was analysed. RESULTS: Comparing the two periods 1988-1992 and 1993-1997, age-standardized 5 year relative survival improved globally from 77%
Abietane diterpenoids from <em>Salvia sahendica</em> - antiprotozoal activity and determination of their absolute configurations (Publications)
microM to over 32.3 microM against T. brucei rhodesiense. The cytotoxic IC50 values ranged from 0.5-15.5 microM. Selectivity indices for P. falciparum were 0.1 to 18.2, and 0.1 to 1.2 for T. brucei rhodesiense