EPD in its twentieth year: towards complete promoter coverage of selected model organisms (Publications)
from release 73, from mass genome annotation projects. Subsets of promoter sequences with customized 5' and 3' extensions can be downloaded from the EPD website. The focus of current development efforts
Quantitative evaluation of a handheld light microscope for field diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection (Publications)
gram of stool (EPG). Mean egg counts were significantly higher with the conventional light microscope (5,190.0 EPG versus 2,385.8 EPG for Ascaris lumbricoides; 826.3 versus 455.7 for Trichuris trichiura; both
Abietane-type diterpenoid amides with highly potent and selective activity against <em>Leishmania donovani</em> and <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
amastigotes residing in L6 cells with an IC50 value of 0.6 muM and high selectivity index of 58, being 3.5 times more potent than the reference compound benznidazole. The potent activity of this compound and
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
Imported schistosomiasis in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop (Publications)
features. RESULTS: Male patients accounted for 64% of all cases. The average age of all patients was 29.5 years. The majority of patients were of European origin (53%). Europeans traveled predominantly for
Bacterial genome-wide association study of hyper-virulent pneumococcal serotype 1 identifies genetic variation associated with neurotropism (Publications)
statistically significant genotype-phenotype associations in surface-exposed choline-binding (P = 5.00 x 10(-08)) and helicase proteins (P = 1.32 x 10(-06)) important for invasion, immune evasion and
Factors associated with the utilisation of primary care services: a cross-sectional study in public and private facilities in Albania (Publications)
SETTING: Exit interviews with patients who consulted one of 23 primary care providers (18 public and 5 private) in Fier district of Albania from the period of July-August 2018. PARTICIPANTS: Representative
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)
A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a... (Publications)
oil-based adjuvant. A phase 1-2b double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in 120 children (5-9 years old) in Papua New Guinea demonstrated a 62% (95% confidence limits: 13%, 84%) reduction in parasite
Use of modern and traditional products to self-treat symptoms of sexually transmitted infections in South African women (Publications)
, reproductive health and sexual behaviours. A fifth of women reported having RTI/STI symptoms (20.5%), of whom 41.9% were treating these symptoms (mostly discharge [79.1%], ulcers [6.8%] and itching [7
