Treatment with coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
A recent drug efficacy trial reported Coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) to be highly effective against Plasmodium falciparum in children less than 5 years of age in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In contrast
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment for Tanzanian infants: follow-up to age 2 years of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (Publications)
Stopping antimalarial chemoprophylaxis can be followed by increased risk of malaria, suggesting that it interferes with the development of antimalarial immunity. We report analysis of extended follow-
Compliance with focused antenatal care services: do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? (Publications)
Objective To assess health workers' compliance with the procedures set in the focused antenatal care (ANC) guidelines in rural Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso; to compare the compliance within and a
Nonlinear relations between house dust mite allergen levels and mite sensitization in farm and nonfarm children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Low sensitization rates to common allergens have been observed in farm children, which might be due to high exposure to microbial agents. It is not known how microbial agents modify the as
The group-lending model and social closure: microcredit, exclusion, and health in Bangladesh (Publications)
According to social exclusion theory, health risks are positively associated with involuntary social, economic, political and cultural exclusion from society. In this paper, a social exclusion framewo
Bacterial and fungal components in house dust of farm children, Rudolf Steiner school children and reference 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. It has been suggested that the enhanced exposure to endotoxin
Bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl esters of dialkylamino acids as antiprotozoals (Publications)
A couple of bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl esters of 2-dialkylaminoacetic acids were prepared. Their antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (STIB 900) and the K(1)
Differential gene expression in LPS/IFNgamma activated microglia and macrophages: in vitro versus in vivo (Publications)
Two different macrophage populations contribute to CNS neuroinflammation: CNS-resident microglia and CNS-infiltrating peripheral macrophages. Markers distinguishing these two populations in tissue sec
Antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities of aminobicyclo[2.2.2]octyl omega-aminoalkanoates (Publications)
Several 4-aminobicyclo[2.2.2]octyl esters of omega-dialkylamino acids were prepared. Their activities against the multidrug-resistant K(1) strain of Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei rhodes