Acceptance of standardized ultrasound classification, use of albendazole, and long-term follow-up in clinical management of cystic echinococcosis: a... (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cystic echinococcosis is a chronic, complex, and neglected disease. The need for a simple classification of cyst morphology that would provide an accepted framework for scientific a
Consequences of genomic diversity in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
The causative agent of human tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), comprises seven phylogenetically distinct lineages associated with different geographical regions. Here we review
Synthesis and activity of new triphenylphosphonium derivatives of betulin and betulinic acid against <em>Schistosoma mansoni in vitro</em> and<em> in... (Publications)
We studied the antischistosomal activity of betulin, betulinic acid and its 9 triphenylphosphonium derivatives characterized by a covalently linkage of the hydrophobic fragment of triterpenoid at C(2)
Epidemiology of multiple<em> Plasmodium falciparum </em>infections. 4. Age dependence of the multiplicy of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections... (Publications)
The relationship between age and various malariological indices in the Kilombero valley of Tanzania were examined by compiling data from 6 different community studies carried out between 1989 and 1996
<em>Trypanosoma brucei brucei</em>: a model for cerebral trypanosomiasis in mice--an immunological, histological and electronmicroscopic study (Publications)
The successful induction of cerebral trypanosomiasis in ordinary laboratory mice using Trypanosoma brucei brucei is reported. Sequential studies demonstrated the presence of trypanosomes in the inters
Lipidomics and genomics of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> reveal lineage-specific trends in mycolic acid biosynthesis (Publications)
Mycolic acids (MAs) are alpha-alkyl, beta-hydroxy long-chain fatty acids found in abundance in the cell envelope of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MAs form an efficient permeability ba
Characterisation of taxlllaids A-G; natural products from <em>Xenorhabdus indica</em> (Publications)
Six new lipodepsipeptides and an additional linear derivative named taxlllaids A-G (1-7) have been identified in the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus indica. The structures of the main compounds
