In vitro antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity of ethnobotanically selected Ivorian plants (Publications)
Eight extracts from four Ivorian medicinal plants, traditionally used to treat malaria, were tested for their antiplasmodial activity in vitro by assessing their ability to inhibit the uptake of [3H]h
Prophylactic immunisation against traveller's diarrhoea caused by enterotoxin-forming strains of <em>Escherichia coli</em> and against cholera: does... (Publications)
Traveller's diarrhoea (TD) constitutes the most common disease relevant to travel medicine with ETEC as the leading causative pathogen. Cholera is the most serious, but very rare form of TD. ETEC and
Exposure to pets, and the association with hay fever, asthma, and atopic sensitization in rural children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies report pet exposure to be associated with lower risk of asthma and allergies. This 'protective pet effect' has been suggested to result from a modified T-he
Delayed response and lack of habituation in plasma interleukin-6 to acute mental stress in men (Publications)
Acute mental stress induces a significant increase in plasma interleukin (IL)-6 levels as a possible mechanism for how psychological stress might contribute to atherosclerosis. We investigated whether
Comparison of trial participants and open access users of a web-based physical activity intervention regarding adherence, attrition, and repeated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Web-based interventions are popular for promoting healthy lifestyles such as physical activity. However, little is known about user characteristics, adherence, attrition, and predictors of
The psychological outcome of religious coping with stressful life events in a Swiss sample of church attendees (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent research suggested that religious coping, based on dispositional religiousness and spirituality (R/S), is an important modulating factor in the process of dealing with adversity. In
Metabolic alterations in the hamster co-infected with <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> and <em>Necator americanus</em> (Publications)
Co-infection with hookworm and schistosomes is a common phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in parts of South America and southeast Asia. As a first step towards understanding the metabolic r
<em>In vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> activity of Solithromycin (CEM-101) against <em>Plasmodium</em> species (Publications)
With the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum infections exhibiting increased parasite clearance times in response to treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies, the need for new therapeutic
Effect of floods on the transmission of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze River valley, People's Republic of China (Publications)
The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of floods on the transmission of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze River valley, People's Republic of China. Retrospective analyses of malacologic, c
