Cross-sectional surveys and subtype classification of human <em>Blastocystis</em> isolates from four epidemiological settings in China (Publications)
The prevalence and geographical distribution of the intestinal protozoa Blastocystis in humans across China is unknown, and the relative importance of different subtypes has yet to be investigated. We
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> cerebral malaria complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and symmetrical peripheral gangrene: case report... (Publications)
The case of a 56-year-old female tourist who survived cerebral Plasmodium falciparum malaria with disseminated intravascular coagulation and symmetrical peripheral gangrene, ultimately requiring amput
Molecular epidemiology of human blastocystis in a village in Yunnan province, China (Publications)
The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the molecular epidemiology of human Blastocystis, focusing on 239 randomly selected individuals in a single village in Yunnan province, Ch
Metabolic profiling of a <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>infection in mouse tissues using magic angle spinning-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Publications)
In order to enhance our understanding of physiological and pathological consequences of a patent Schistosoma mansoni infection in the mouse, we examined the metabolic responses of different tissue sam
Comparison of light scattering devices and impactors for particulate measurements in indoor, outdoor, and personal environments (Publications)
Short-term monitoring of individual particulate matter (PM) exposures on subjects and inside residences in health effect studies have been sparse due to the lack of adequate monitoring devices. The re
Characterization of source-specific air pollution exposure for a large population-based Swiss cohort (SAPALDIA) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although the dispersion model approach has been used in some epidemiologic studies to examine health effects of traffic-specific air pollution, no study has evaluated the model predictions