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1. Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects... (Publications)

   Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects of staff training: a survey in 70 rural health care facilities

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   OBJECTIVES: To assess the availability of equipment and the staff's knowledge to prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) in rural healthcare facilities recently covered by the national PMTCT prog

2. Helminth eggs die-off and nutrients: human excreta storage experiment (Publications)

   Helminth eggs die-off and nutrients: human excreta storage experiment

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3. Ocular findings in HIV-1 positive and HIV-1 negative participants in a rural population-based cohort in Uganda (Publications)

   Ocular findings in HIV-1 positive and HIV-1 negative participants in a rural population-based cohort in Uganda

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   PURPOSE: To report the ocular findings in HIV-1 seropositive individuals and HIV-negative controls in a population-based cohort in rural Uganda. METHODS: Participants were examined by an ophthalmologi

4. Naturally acquired immunoglobulin (Ig)G subclass antibodies to crude asexual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> lysates: evidence for association with... (Publications)

   Naturally acquired immunoglobulin (Ig)G subclass antibodies to crude asexual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> lysates: evidence for association with protection for IgG1 and disease for IgG2

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   There is longstanding evidence for a role of immunoglobulin (Ig)G in protection against malarial disease and infection. IgG1 and IgG3 have been shown to be particularly efficient at associating with m

5. A randomised, controlled trial of once daily and multi-dose daily gentamicin in young Kenyan infants (Publications)

   A randomised, controlled trial of once daily and multi-dose daily gentamicin in young Kenyan infants

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   AIMS: To test the suitability of a simple once daily (OD) gentamicin regimen for use in young infants where routine therapeutic drug monitoring is not possible. METHODS: In an open, randomised, contro

6. <em>Ex vivo</em> interferon-gamma immune response to thrombospondin-related adhesive protein in coastal Kenyans: longevity and risk of <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)

   <em>Ex vivo</em> interferon-gamma immune response to thrombospondin-related adhesive protein in coastal Kenyans: longevity and risk of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection

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   Thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) of Plasmodium falciparum is currently being tested in human vaccine studies. However, its natural reactivity in the field remains poorly characterized. M

7. Weighty matters: how obesity drives poor health and health spending in the U.S. (Publications)

   Weighty matters: how obesity drives poor health and health spending in the U.S.

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8. Blood transfusion for severe anaemia in children in a Kenyan hospital [Research letter] (Publications)

   Blood transfusion for severe anaemia in children in a Kenyan hospital [Research letter]

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   Severe anaemia often secondary to malaria is a major contributor to child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. We have confirmed that use of simple clinical and laboratory criteria can identify those chil

9. Development of novel drugs for human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)

   Development of novel drugs for human African trypanosomiasis

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   Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or 'sleeping sickness' is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Novel models for funding pharmaceutical development against HAT ar

10. Diterpenes from the French marine alga <em>Bifurcaria bifurcata</em> (Sargassaceae) inhibit growth of the human pathogen <em>P. falciparum</em> (Publications)

    Diterpenes from the French marine alga <em>Bifurcaria bifurcata</em> (Sargassaceae) inhibit growth of the human pathogen <em>P. falciparum</em>

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