Traffic-related air pollution and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the SALIA cohort study (Publications)
nitrogen dioxide was determined at different spatial scales. RESULTS: Between 1990 and 2006, 87 (10.5%) new cases of diabetes were reported among the SALIA cohort members. The hazards for diabetes were
Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
fever episodes were treated at a health facility, while home-management was less common (37%, 17.4-50.5). CONCLUSION: Living in the shamba does not appear to result in a higher fever-risk. Mosquito nets usage
Recommendations for malaria prevention in moderate to low risk areas: travellers' choice and risk perception (Publications)
(9%). Those who chose chemoprophylaxis were more likely to have used it in the past (OR = 3.0 (CI 1.7-5.44)), but were not different in terms of demographic, travel characteristics or risk behaviour. CONCLUSIONS:
Novel S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase inhibitors for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
showed that the half-life of Genz-644131 was threefold greater than that of MDL 73811 (7.4 h versus 2.5 h). Furthermore, brain penetration of Genz-644131 was 4.3-fold higher than that of MDL 73811. Finally
Temperature-related overestimation of energy expenditure, based on heart-rate monitoring in obese boys (Publications)
05 (2.77) MJ, respectively. The excessive HR measured in a warm summer climate could explain 8.8 (3.5)% of EE during outdoor activities, which resulted in a 2.9 (2.7)% overestimate of EE during daily waking
AID protein expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma is associated with poor prognosis and complex genetic alterations (Publications)
approach. We found AID heterogeneously expressed in tumor cells as shown by colocalization analysis for CD5 and CD23. Ki-67 positive paraimmunoblasts of the proliferation centers displayed the highest expression
Anthelmintic activity of medicinal plants used in Côte d'Ivoire for treating parasitic diseases (Publications)
in death of adult worms and inhibition of activity of third-stage larvae (L3). Of the extracts, 41.5% completely inhibited movement of H. bakeri L3 at minimal lethal concentration (MLC) values of 20-200
<em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>infection and clinical indicators in relation to net coverage in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
(February 2010 and November 2011) and one in the rainy season (May 2012). Among 897 children aged /=37.5 degrees C. A questionnaire was administered to obtain demographic data and net usage. RESULTS: The
Risk factors of new-onset asthma in adults: a population-based international cohort study (Publications)
were free of asthma and reported at the beginning of the follow-up that they had never had asthma (4.5 per 1000 person-years). In a logistic regression, the following risk factors were found to increase
Efficacy and safety of two closely spaced doses of praziquantel against <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> and <em>S. mansoni</em> and re-infection... (Publications)
86.7 (Diambala) to 151.4eggs/g of stool (Namarigoungou). Adverse events were reported by 32.9% and 1.5% of the children after the first and second doses of PZQ, respectively. We found cure rates (CRs) in