Bacterial and fungal agents in house dust and wheeze in children: the PARSIFAL study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Growing up on a farm and an anthroposophic lifestyle are associated with a lower prevalence of allergic diseases in childhood. This might be related to increased inhalatory exposure to mic
Rare human infection with the trematode <em>Echinochasmus japonicus</em> in Lao PDR (Publications)
Food-borne trematodiases are often neglected although millions of people are affected and these zoonotic diseases are emerging in some parts of the world. Humans acquire an infection through consumpti
A point mutation in codon 76 of <em>pfcrt </em>of <em>P. falciparum </em>is positively selected for by chloroquine treatment in Tanzania (Publications)
This study was undertaken to validate the relevance of Chloroquine (CQ) resistance markers pfcrt(76) and pfmdr1(86) in an endemic area in Tanzania. After treatment with CQ, recrudescence was distingui
New world cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers (Publications)
As travel to Latin America has become increasingly common, cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly seen among returning travellers--eg, the number of observed cases has doubled in the Netherlands and
Utilizing environmental, socioeconomic data and GIS techniques to estimate the risk for ascariasis and trichuriasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (Publications)
The impact of intestinal helminths on human health is well known among the population and health authorities because of their wide geographic distribution and the serious problems they cause. Geohelmi
