Recent investigations of artemether, a novel agent for the prevention of <em>Schistosomiasis japonica, mansoni </em>and <em>haematobia</em> (Publications)
indication of neurotoxicity following repeated high doses of artemether given fortnightly for up to 5 months. Randomized controlled clinical trials confirmed that artemether, orally administered at a dose
Quantitative microbial risk assessment related to urban wastewater and lagoon water reuse in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
water by G. lamblia and E. coli (12.8 CFU/100 mL to 2.97 x 10(4)CFU/100 mL and from 0 cyst/L to 18.5 cysts/L, respectively). Estimates of yearly average infection risks for E. coli (90.07-99.90%, assuming
Insecticide resistance and its association with target-site mutations in natural populations of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> from eastern Uganda (Publications)
Survival rates to DDT were as high as 85.4%, alongside significant resistance levels to permethrin (38.5%), reduced susceptibility to deltamethrin, but full susceptibility to bendiocarb and malathion. Using
Extremely low frequency magnetic field measurements in buildings with transformer stations in Switzerland (Publications)
39 apartments in 18 buildings. In each room of the apartments ELF-MF was concurrently measured with 5 to 6 EMDEX II meters for 10min. Measured arithmetic mean ELF-MF was 0.59muT in 8 apartments that were
High prevalence of nonconvulsive and subtle status epilepticus in an ICU of a tertiary care center: a three-year observational cohort study (Publications)
rate was 17%. Age over 70 years had independent positive influence on status epilepticus course (OR: 5.135; p=0.0029). Hospital stay increased by 1.13h with each additional hour of status epilepticus (p=0
Exposure to seasonal temperatures during the last month of gestation and the risk of preterm birth in Stockholm (Publications)
seasonal periods (heat in warm season, cold in cold season). The risk of preterm birth increased by 4%-5% when the mean temperature reached the 75th percentile (moderate heat) four weeks earlier (reference:
Epidemiology of curable sexually transmitted infections among women at increased risk for HIV in northwestern Tanzania: inadequacy of syndromic... (Publications)
vaginalis, and high-titre active syphilis were 111/956 (12%), 42/955 (4%), 184/945 (19%) and 46/965 (5%), respectively. There were significant decreases over time for C. trachomatis and T. vaginalis (OR
Incidence of asthma and net change in symptoms in relation to changes in obesity (Publications)
never obese (hazard ratio 2.00, 95% confidence interval 1.25 to 3.20, excess net change 2.8%, 0.4 to 5.3%, per 10 years). The effect of being obese on net change in diagnosed asthma was greater in women
1-Aryl-4-nitro-1H-imidazoles, a new promising series for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
given orally at doses of 25-50 mg/kg for 4 days for the acute infection, and 50-100 mg/kg (bid) for 5 days in the chronic model. While both compounds are bacterial mutagens, activity is lost in strains
Cytochrome P450 6M2 from the malaria vector <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> metabolizes pyrethroids: sequential metabolism of deltamethrin revealed (Publications)
Both permethrin and deltamethrin were metabolized. Rates were enhanced by A. gambiae cytochrome b(5) with kinetic parameters of K(M)=12+/-4muM and k(cat)=6+/-1 per min for permethrin (1:1 cis-trans) and