The burden of asthma in children: a European perspective (Publications)
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, imposing a huge burden on the patient, their family and society. It is a worldwide disease with variable expression between countries and betwee
The economic cost to households of childhood malaria in Papua New Guinea: a focus on intra-country variation (Publications)
BACKGROUND We compare direct and indirect household costs associated with malaria treatment for children
The use of personal digital assistants for data entry at the point of collection in a large household survey in southern Tanzania (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Survey data are traditionally collected using pen-and-paper, with double data entry, comparison of entries and reconciliation of discrepancies before data cleaning can commence.
Effectiveness of artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>P. falciparum</em> malaria in young... (Publications)
Background. Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is recommended as treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria, while chloroquine is still widely used for non-Pf infections. A comm
Troubles digestifs associés aux protozoaires et aux helmintes: prise en charge par le médecin de famille (Publications)
Protozoan and helminthes are frequently associated with persistent digestive complaints, not only in returning travelers from the tropics, but also in industrialized countries. The symptoms are often
Prévalence, diversité antigénique et multiplicité d'infections de <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> en milieu scolaire au centre de la Côte... (Publications)
A study was carried out in the village of Taabo, located in the vicinity of a large man-made lake in central Cote d'Ivoire. The objectives were (i) to determine the level of prevalence, genetic divers
A role for apical membrane antigen 1 during invasion of hepatocytes by <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites (Publications)
Plasmodium sporozoites are transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes and invade hepatocytes, as a first and obligatory step of the parasite life cycle in man. Hepatocyte invasion involves pr