Treatment with coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
(artemether-lumefantrine) to be highly effective against Plasmodium falciparum in children less than 5 years of age in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In contrast, we have observed high levels of treatment failures
Evaluation des VNTR (variable number of tandem repeats) des isolats de <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> en Algérie (Publications)
discriminatory potency of variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR), based on 7 loci (MIRU 26, 27 and 5 ETRs A, B, C, D, E) was assayed on Mycobacterium bovis strains obtained from samples due to tuberculosis
Adiposity, fitness and metabolic risk in children: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study (Publications)
chronic inflammation and insulin resistance (IR) in school children. Methods. Eighty-three 1(st) and 5(th) grade children from a randomly selected control group of a physical activity intervention study
Synthesis and in vitro antimalarial testing of neocryptolepines: SAR study for improved activity by introduction and modifications of side chains at... (Publications)
17i showed an IC50 of 2.2 nM for CQR (K1), a selectivity index of 1243 and a resistance index of 0.5
Contribution of influenza immunity and virosomal-formulated synthetic peptide to cellular immune responses in a phase I subunit malaria vaccine trial (Publications)
falciparum apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) was observed with stimulation indices ranging from 2 to 4.5. All volunteers showed pre-existing IRIV specific cellular immunity assessed by ex vivo IFN-gamma ELISpot
Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of multi-drug resistant <em>Staphylococci</em> in healthy cats and dogs (Publications)
with an increased risk of colonisation by multi-drug resistant Staphylococci (OR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.1 5.2, p value LRT = 0.04). When identifying efficient control strategies against antibiotic resistance
Evaluating decontamination protocols for the isolation of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> from swabs (Publications)
potential decontamination agents for the isolation of M. ulcerans from swabs. RESULTS: Povidone iodine at 0.5 and 1% exhibited the lowest contamination and recovery rate for microbial contaminants and M. ulcerans
Rickettsial illnesses as important causes of febrile illness in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Publications)
and associated seasonality patterns. We diagnosed scrub typhus in 16.8% (70/416) and murine typhus in 5.8% (24/416) of patients; 2 patients had infections attributable to undifferentiated Rickettsia spp.
Growth of mature beech in relation to ozone and nitrogen deposition: an epidemiological approach (Publications)
better for maximum rather than average exposure values. Coefficients indicated growth changes of -22.5% (14.3-28.6 confidence interval) and -35.1% (17.8-47.3) respectively per 10 ppm hours. These changes
Combining 4-aminoquinoline- and clotrimazole-based pharmacophores toward innovative and potent hybrid antimalarials (Publications)
characterized by a polyarylmethyl group, we describe herein the development of a unique class (4a-l and 5a-c) of antimalarials selectively interacting with free heme and interfering with Plasmodium falciparum