Chicken egg yolk antibodies (IgY) for detecting circulating antigens of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> (Publications)
japonicum were tested. All acute cases and 91.3% of the chronic cases showed a positive reaction. Only 5% of the control sera from healthy persons gave a positive response. Cross-reactions with antibodies
<em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> antigen detects <em>Schistosoma mekongi</em> infection (Publications)
for presence of S. mekongi eggs and the results were correlated with serology. A sensitivity of 94.5% was calculated for a combination of ELISA and IFA as compared to the detection of S. mekongi eggs in
Isoneocryptolepine, a synthetic indoloquinoline alkaloid, as an antiplasmodial lead compound (Publications)
ne isomer, isoneocryptolepine (4), and a quaternary derivative, N-methyl-isocryptolepinium iodide (5). The latter compounds showed a high antiplasmodial activity against the chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium
Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential anti-malarial and anti-trypanosomal agents (Publications)
inhibition equal to or greater than TLM. The introduction of hydrophobic alkyl groups at the C3 and C5 positions of the thiolactone ring lead to increased inhibition, the best showing a fourteenfold increase
Chicken egg yolk antibodies (IgY) for detecting circulating antigens of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> (Publications)
japonicum were tested. All acute cases and 91.3% of the chronic cases showed a positive reaction. Only 5% of the control sera from healthy persons gave a positive response. Cross-reactions with antibodies
Artemether, artesunate, praziquantel and tribendimidine administered singly at different dosages against <em>Clonorchis sinensis</em>: acomparative in... (Publications)
d to rats infected with adult C. sinensis, resulted in mean worm burden reductions of 100, 100, 89.5 and 80.7%, respectively (all P
Antiprotozoal activity of bicyclic diamines with a N-methylpiperazinyl group at the bridgehead atom (Publications)
omega-Aminoacyl and -alkyl derivatives of 4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-amines and of 5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes were prepared and their activities were examined
Time-course of upper respiratory tract viral infection and COPD exacerbation (Publications)
at 10 days following a URTI (15.2%) and at exacerbation (38.4%), compared with the stable period (5.3%, p
Cattle productivity under traditional village husbandry system in Sellale, Central Ethiopia: a four and a half year herd follow-up (Publications)
We conducted a longitudinal cattle productivity survey over 4.5 years amongst 20 traditional small-holder farms which included 794 cattle, in Sellale, Central Ethiopia. Upgraded high yield cattle (Holstein
<em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> egg excretion does not increase after exercise: implications for diagnostic testing (Publications)
positivity for S. haematobium (25.7% versus 23.0%, P = 0.31) and mean egg counts (10.2 eggs/10 mL versus 8.5 eggs/10 mL, P = 0.45) did not differ. Exercise before urine collection does not appear to increase S
