Insect-specific production of new GameXPeptides in <em>Photorhabdus luminescens</em> TTO1, widespread natural products in entomopathogenic bacteria (Publications)
Discovery of new natural products by heterologous expression reaches its limits, especially when specific building blocks are missing in the heterologous host or the production medium. Here, we descri
Towards effective prevention and control of helminth neglected tropical diseases in the Western Pacific Region through multi-disease and... (Publications)
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause serious health, social and economic burdens in the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region. Among the NTDs, helminth infections
Reliability of fully automated versus visually controlled pre- and post-processing of resting-state EEG (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the reliability of a newly developed Matlab® toolbox for the fully automated, pre- and post-processing of resting state EEG (automated analysis, AA) with the reliability of analy
Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improved sanitation has been shown to have great impacts on people's health and economy. However, the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on halving the proportio
Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and potential predictors: a rapid appraisal among >/= 45 year old residents of southern Tajikistan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An estimated 2% of all deaths in Tajikistan can be attributed to diabetes but reliable data is scarce for the country and across Central Asia. We assessed the prevalence of impaired glucos
An ultra-sensitive assay targeting the circulating anodic antigen for the diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a low-endemic area, People's... (Publications)
The downward trend in prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma japonicum infection in the People's Republic of China (PR China) has reached a level where accurate methods are required for monitoring th
