Gender and socio-cultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi (Publications)
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To compare the interval from symptom onset to diagnosis of TB for men and women, and to assess socio-cultural
Novel orally active antimalarial thiazoles (Publications)
An aminomethylthiazole pyrazole carboxamide lead 3 with good in vitro antiplasmodial activity [IC(50): 0.08 muM (K1, chloroquine and multidrug resistant strain) and 0.07 muM (NF54, chloroquine sensiti
Fecal contamination of food, water, hands and kitchen utensils at the household level in Peru (Publications)
The study described in this article evaluated sources of contamination of children's food and drinking water in rural households in the highlands of Peru. Samples from children's meals, drinking water
Global burden of human food-borne trematodiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Food-borne trematodiases are a group of neglected tropical diseases caused by liver, lung, and intestinal parasitic fluke infections. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, an
Receiving the diagnosis of lung cancer: patient recall of information and satisfaction with physician communication (Publications)
PURPOSE: Little is known about the information newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer recall and how satisfied they are with physicians' communication. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy-one consecutive
Antiparasitic compounds from <em>Cupania cinerea</em> with activities against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Trypanosoma brucei... (Publications)
In a survey of plants from Ecuador with antiprotozoal activity, Cupania cinerea was found to show significant in vitro activity against the Plasmodium falciparum K1 strain and Trypanosoma brucei rhode
Evaluation of pet contact as a risk factor for carriage of multidrug-resistant staphylococci in nursing home residents (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pets, often used as companionship and for psychological support in the therapy of nursing home residents, have been implicated as reservoirs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. We investiga
Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Whether local exposure to major roadways adversely affects lung-function growth during the period of rapid lung development that takes place between 10 and 18 years of age is unknown. This