Chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 locus is the genetic basis of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in clinical<em> Trypanosoma</em> <em>brucei... (Publications)
Aquaglyceroporin-2 is a known determinant of melarsoprol-pentamidine cross-resistance in Trypanosoma brucei brucei laboratory strains. Recently, chimerization at the AQP2-AQP3 tandem locus was describ
Children's personal exposure measurements to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in Italy (Publications)
Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) exposure is still a topic of concern due to their possible impact on children's health. Although epidemiological studies claimed an evidence of a poss
IgE antibodies are more species-specific than IgG antibodies in human onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (Publications)
To explore the relative species specificities of the IgE and IgG antibody responses to helminth infections in man, we studied four pools of sera from patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugi
<em>In vitro</em> cultivation of animal-infective forms of a West African <em>Trypanosoma vivax</em> stock (Publications)
Animal-infective forms of a West African Trypanosoma vivax stock were grown in culture for three months using Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) with Earle's salts, supplemented with 20% inactivated goat
Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS): ein Modell zur Förderung der Qualität der reproduktiven Gesundheitsversorgung in Kenia (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To develop a model aiming to improve the quality of services for reproductive health care in rural Kenya and designed to measure the quality of reproductive health services in such a way t
Seroprevalence survey of brucellosis among rural people in Mongolia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: After the transition from socialism to a market economy in 1990, human brucellosis re-emerged in Mongolia. The aim of our study was to estimate a representative seroprevalence of Brucella
Thrombin-like snake venom proteinases (Publications)
Proteinases affecting one or several physiological thrombin substrates are current components of Crotalidae and Viperidae venoms. Enzymes causing in vitro coagulation of fibrinogen without affecting o
