Higher pulmonary artery pressure in children than in adults upon fast ascent to high altitude (Publications)
The response of pulmonary artery pressure to high altitude has not been studied in children. It is also not known whether the individual response is hereditary. Therefore, the response of pulmonary ar
Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and Asia (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the public health and economic burden of endemic canine rabies in Africa and Asia. METHODS: Data from these regions were applied to a set of linked epidemiological and economic
Antiprotozoal activity of <em>Melampyrum arvense</em> and its metabolites (Publications)
An activity guided isolation of the H(2)O subextract of the crude extract of Melampyrum arvense L. afforded iridoid glucosides: aucubin (1), melampyroside (2), mussaenoside (3), mussaenosidic acid (4)
Effect of agricultural activities on prevalence rates, and clinical and presumptive malaria episodes in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Agricultural activities, among other factors, can influence the transmission of malaria. In two villages of central Cote d'Ivoire (Tiemelekro and Zatta) with distinctively different agro-ecological ch
Efficacy of artesunate and artemether against <em>Clonorchis sinensis</em> in rabbits (Publications)
Artesunate and artemether display promising clonorchicidal properties in rats. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of artesunate and artemether against Clonorchis sinensis in rabbits. Rabbits were
Genetically discrete populations of <em>Trypanosoma congolense</em> from livestock on the Kenyan coast (Publications)
Twenty-seven stocks of Nannomonas trypanosomes isolated from livestock in 1982 on a ranch at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast were characterized by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by the abilities of the para
