An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The recently published GOLD guidelines provide a new system for staging chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from mild (stage I) to very severe (stage IV) and introduce a stage 0 (
Atopic sensitization in the first year of life (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is conflicting evidence on whether allergen-specific memory is primed prenatally, whether this priming affects persistent immunologic effects, and whether it is modulated by the firs
Putative compensatory mutations in the <em>rpoC</em> gene of rifampicin-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> are associated with ongoing... (Publications)
Rifampicin resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis arises primarily through the selection of bacterial variants harbouring mutations in the 81 base-pair rifampicin resistance det
Value of ultrasonography in investigating morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma haematobium</em> infection (Publications)
In an area where urinary schistosomiasis was endemic 349 patients were examined by ultrasonography. To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of this technique, intravenous pyelography and cystoscop
Does <em>M. tuberculosis</em> genomic diversity explain disease diversity? (Publications)
The outcome of tuberculosis infection and disease is highly variable. This variation has been attributed primarily to host and environmental factors, but better understanding of the global genomic div
Structural forces and the production of TB-related stigma among Haitians in two contexts (Publications)
In recent years renewed interest in health-related stigma has underscored the importance of better understanding the structural underpinnings of stigma processes. This study investigated the influence
