Renaissance remedies: antiplasmodial protostane triterpenoids from <em>Alisma plantago-aquatica</em> L. (Alismataceae) (Publications)
te, alisol B 23-monoacetate, and alisol G. Their IC(50)s against Plasmodium falciparum ranged from 5.4 to 13.8muM. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of antiplasmodial activity from protostanes tri
Morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with... (Publications)
. Distended abdomens, defined as an abdominal circumference ratio (ACR) > 1.05, were observed in 2.5% of the sampled children, several of whom presented with particularly severe distensions necessitating
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
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
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
Estimating healthcare costs of acute gastroenteritis and human campylobacteriosis in Switzerland (Publications)
positive for Campylobacter spp. for euro1.8 million and hospitalized campylobacteriosis patients for euro6.5 million/year. Healthcare costs of campylobacteriosis are high and most likely increasing in Switzerland
Quantifying the evolution and impact of antimalarial drug resistance: drug use, spread of resistance, and drug failure over a 12-year period in Papua... (Publications)
increased, especially after the change in treatment policy. Treatment failure rates multiplied by 3.5 between 1996 and 2000 but then decreased dramatically after treatment policy change. CONCLUSIONS. With
Proximity to overhead power lines and childhood leukaemia: an international pooled analysis (Publications)
leukaemia was 1.33 (95% CI: 0.92-1.93). The odds ratio was higher among children diagnosed before age 5 years. There was no association with calculated magnetic fields. Odds ratios remained unchanged with
Do bednets including piperonyl butoxide offer additional protection against populations of<em> Anopheles gambiae s.l. </em>that are highly resistant... (Publications)
resistance are very high. This study was conducted in two settings in southwest Burkina Faso, Vallee du Kou 5 and Tengrela, where Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) mortality rates in World Health Organization