Prominence of symptoms and level of stigma among depressed patients in Calcutta (Publications)
Calcutta, and met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV criteria for a major depressive episode. Only 5 patients (17.2%) identified sadness as the most troubling problem, and 48.3% specified pains and other
Structure-activity relationship studies on the macrolide exotoxin mycolactone of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> (Publications)
(comprising C12-C20) caused less pronounced changes in cytotoxicity than modifications in the lower C5-O-linked polyunsaturated acyl side chain. A derivative with a truncated lower side chain was unique
<em>Strongyloides ratti</em>: in vitro and in vivo activity of tribendimidine (Publications)
of the larval and adult worm burden. For comparison, we also administered ivermectin at a single 0.5 mg/kg oral dose to rats infected with adult S. ratti and found a 90% reduction of larvae and a 100%
Evidence of an 'invitation' effect in feeding sylvatic <em>Stegomyia albopicta</em> from Cambodia (Publications)
the arms and legs. Landings recorded within three minutes of each other on a collector were about 2.5 times more likely to be on the same body part than on a random body part, weighted for landing site
Diagnosis, treatment and risk factors of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in schoolchildren in Cambodia (Publications)
technique was 88.4% and 75.0%, respectively and their negative predictive values were 96.4% and 92.5%, respectively. The cumulative prevalence of S. stercoralis increased from 18.6% to 24.4%, after analyzing
Drug resistance-conferring mutations in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Publications)
region. RESULTS: Phenotypic drug susceptibility tests showed 15.7% resistance to at least one drug and 5.2% multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. Rifampicin resistant strains had the rpoB mutations D516F, D516Y or
Progression to active tuberculosis, but not transmission, varies by <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> lineage in The Gambia (Publications)
sensu stricto, contacts exposed to a Beijing family strain were most likely to progress to disease (5.6%; HR relative to M. africanum, 6.7 [95% CI, 2.0-22]). CONCLUSIONS: M. africanum and M. tuberculosis
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4-15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that
MMP-1 and -3 promoter variants are indicative of a common susceptibility for skin and lung aging: results from a cohort of elderly women (SALIA) (Publications)
(MMP-1) 2G (rs1799750) or the MMP-3 6A (rs3025058) allele but not in homozygous carriers of the 1G or 5A allele. Thus, skin and lung aging are linked in carriers of the 2G or 6A allele. These alleles appear
Mass screening and treatment on the basis of results of a <em>Plasmodium</em> <em>falciparum</em>-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce... (Publications)
(95% confidence intervals: 0.1-0.3%) in both rounds compared to a PCR positivity (all species) of 2.5% (2.1-2.9%) and 3.8% (3.2-4.4%) in rounds 1 and 2, respectively. Two fifths (40%) of infections detected