Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote d'Ivoire, t
Sequence and diversity of T-cell receptor alpha <em>V</em>, <em>J</em>, and <em>C</em> genes of the owl monkey <em>Aotus nancymaae</em> (Publications)
We cloned and sequenced TcR alpha chain cDNA of three healthy Aotus nancymaae monkeys. Fifteen different TRAJ segments and 9 different TRAV genes were identified in the 29 rearrangements analyzed. As
Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance (Publications)
Most Plasmodium falciparum infections that are detected in community surveys are characterized by low-density parasitaemia and the absence of clinical symptoms. Molecular diagnostics have shown that t
<em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> in the hamster: cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) (Publications)
Cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) were studied in the course of Schistosoma mansoni infection in the hamster. No immune response to SEA could be detected before the p
Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Immundiagnostik der Filariasis (Publications)
Four serological methods have been evaluated for the immunodiagnosis of filarial infections in European patients returning from endemic areas. The highest sensitivity was found by the immunoelectropho
