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reference collections of diverse pathogens from around the world. We have storage capacity for over 1.5 million samples and (for the first time) storage under liquid nitrogen (at -196°C), which preserves
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Occupational exposure to inhalative irritants and methacholine responsiveness (Publications)
7-75), and for persons with > 2 positive skin prick tests the effect was still higher (42%, 95% CI -1.5-104). Exposure to vapors and aerosols was strongly associated with increased methacholine slopes among
Klinik und Epidemiologie der Kryptosporidiose bei immunkompetenten Kindern (Publications)
and ranged from 1 to 25 days. In contrast, shedding of oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp. lasted for 12.5 days and was significantly longer than the period of diarrhoea (p = 0.02). Compared with control patients
FLOTAC: a new sensitive technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infections in humans (Publications)
of eggs per gram of stool (155.8 EPG) compared with the FLOTAC (37.7 EPG) and ether concentration (5.7 EPG) methods. The FLOTAC method shows promise as an important new tool for individual hookworm diagnosis
Screening for mutations related to atovaquone/proguanil resistance in treatment failures and other imported isolates of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>... (Publications)
frequent than 0.77%. In 58 patients treated with atovaquone/proguanil, Tyr268Ser was present in 1 of 5 patients with treatment failure but in 0 of 53 successfully treated patients. CONCLUSIONS: Tyr268Ser
<em>Schistosoma japonicum</em>: effect of artemether on glutathione <em>S</em>-transferase and superoxide dismutase (Publications)
inhibitions were observed at the higher dose of artemether, which gradually increased to levels of 52.5-55.1%, 72 h post-treatment. GST inhibitions could be reversed by application of 1,4-dithiothreitol at
An evaluation of urine-CCA strip test and fingerprick blood SEA-ELISA for detection of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Zanzibar (Publications)
haematobium was 30.7% (95% confidence interval (CI)=23.4-38.7%) and a total of 35.3% (95% CI=27.7-43.5%) and 8.0% (95% CI=4.2-13.6%) children presented with micro- and macro-haematuria, respectively. Diagnostic
Kinetic characterization of squalene synthase from<em> Trypanosoma cruzi:</em> selective inhibition by quinuclidine derivatives (Publications)
The Michaelis-Menten constants of the purified enzyme for farnesyl diphosphate and NAD (NADPH) were 5.25 and 23.34 microM, respectively, whereas the V(max) was 1,428.56 nmol min(-1)mg(-1). Several quinuclidine
Perceived ill-health and health seeking behavior in two communities in the nam theun 2 hydroelectric project area in Lao People's Democratic... (Publications)
local health volunteers when compared to those who attended at least primary schooling (49.2% versus 17.5%, P < 0.01). Self-medication with antimalarials was more common in Xe Bang Fai than on Nakai (32.3%