Field comparison of circulating antibody assays <em>versus</em> circulating antigen assays for the detection of <em>Schistosomiasis japonica</em> in... (Publications)
method (three slides from a single stool specimen). Samples of good serum quality and a volume above 0.5 ml were selected for further testing with two immunodiagnostic antibody (DDIA and ELISA) and two antigen
Diagnóstico da hanseníase fora do município de residência: uma abordagem espacial, 2001 a 2009 (Publications)
least one resident with leprosy that had been diagnosed in a different municipality (4,325 cases, or 5.2% of the total). The municipalities with the most cases reported elsewhere were Timon (248) and Sao
The burden of hydrocele on men in northern Ghana (Publications)
with larger ones. The pain associated with adenolymphangitis (ADL) renders them inactive for up to 5 days. Complications of lymph scrotum and ridicule from community members were a problem. Unmarried men
Elimination of tropical disease through surveillance and response [Editorial] (Publications)
essential database/dataset, 4) implementation of mobile health (m-health) and sensitive diagnostics, 5) design of effective response packages tailored to different transmission settings and levels, and 6)
Longitudinal assessment of <em>Plasmodium falciparum v</em>ar gene transcription in naturally infected asymptomatic children in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
use of magnetic bead-anchored reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis performed over 5 var regions, as well as cloning and sequencing, the longitudinal distribution of full-length var transcripts
Human infections with <em>Dicrocoelium dendriticum</em> in Kyrgyzstan: the tip of the iceberg? (Publications)
technique. Eggs of D. dendriticum were diagnosed in 11 children (prevalence 8.0%; 95% confidence interval 4.5-13.7%). Although no distinction could be made between true and pseudo-infections, the prevailing animal
In vivo investigations of selected diamidine compounds against <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> using a mouse model (Publications)
infection. Six of the compounds were capable of curing T. evansi-infected mice at drug doses as low as 0.5 and 0.25 mg/kg of body weight administered for 4 consecutive days, and they were more effective than
Genotyping of <em>Cryptosporidium </em>spp. isolated from human stool samples in Switzerland (Publications)
strains from calves, one of the isolates showed a full sequence identity and the other a similarity of 97.5%. The fact that only bovine genotypes were detected suggests, that cryptosporidiosis must primarily
A ring-closing metathesis (RCM)-based approach to mycolactones A/B (Publications)
completed by a highly efficient modified Suzuki coupling between C13 and C14, while the attachment of the C5-O-linked polyunsaturated acyl side chain was achieved by Yamaguchi esterification. Surprisingly, a diene
Quasi-absence de réinfestation par les strongles du bétail gambien en saison sèche (Publications)
Five Ndama bulls aged between 1.5 and 2 years and 20 Djallonke rams aged between 6 to 18 months were dewormed as follows: the bulls were dewormed in November (beginning of the dry season), the sheep were