<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
Quality of antimalarial drugs and antibiotics in Papua New Guinea: a survey of the health facility supply chain (Publications)
quinine, artemether, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amoxicillin. According to the package label, 86.5% of poor-quality samples originated from India. Poor-quality medicines were found in 48.3% of providers
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and risk factor assessment in cattle in rural livestock areas of govuro district in the southeast of Mozambique (Publications)
intradermal tuberculin test. The overall apparent prevalence was estimated at 39.6% (95% CI 36.8-42.5) using a diagnostic threshold cut-off according to the World Organization for Animal Health. bTB reactors
Aquaporin 2 mutations in <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> field isolates correlate with decreased susceptibility to pentamidine and melarsoprol (Publications)
chimera. The identified mutant T. b. gambiense are 40- to 50-fold less sensitive to pentamidine and 3- to 5-times less sensitive to melarsoprol than the reference isolates. We thus demonstrate for the first time
Helminth infection in southern Laos: high prevalence and low awareness (Publications)
hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia sp. was 88.7%, 86.6%, 32.9%, 9.8% and 11.5%, respectively. Most individuals were co-infected with O. viverrini and hookworm. More men had multiple
Compliance with recommended <em>Varroa destructor</em> treatment regimens improves the survival of honey bee colonies over winter (Publications)
in apiaries with substantial deviations from the recommendations (odds ratio: 50.4, 95% CI: 9.7-262.5, p < 0.0001). The deviations led to increased levels of V. destructor infestation ahead of wintering
High prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in a desert population: results from an exploratory study around the Ounianga lakes in Chad (Publications)
overall S. haematobium prevalence using urine filtration was 39.1% (95% CI 33.2% – 45.1%), with 51.5% of the infected suffering from heavy infection. The intermediate host snail of S. haematobium ( Bulinus
Leprosy and cutaneous leishmaniasis affecting the same individuals: a retrospective cohort analysis in a hyperendemic area in Brazil (Publications)
using a Cox model we identified male sex (HR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.7-2.9) and low schooling level (HR: 1.5; 95% CI: 1.2-1.9) as positively associated with the outcome. Furthermore, the hazard of developing the
Competitive co-adsorption of bacteriophage MS2 and natural organic matter onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Publications)
MWCNT surface saturation at initial SRNOM concentrations between 10 and 15 mgC/L, for water pH between 5.2 and 8.7. These results suggested that at NOM:virus ratios found in natural waters, the NOM would
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile communication: description of modeled dose in brain regions and the body in European children and... (Publications)
mJ/kg/day). Among brain regions, temporal lobes received the highest RF dose (medians of 274.9 and 1786.5 mJ/kg/day in children and adolescents, respectively) followed by the frontal lobe. In most children
