Development and validation of a clinical decision rule for the diagnosis of influenza (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: A clinical decision rule to improve the accuracy of a diagnosis of influenza could help clinicians avoid unnecessary use of diagnostic tests and treatments. Our objective was to develop
Antiprotozoal activities of traditional medicinal plants from the Garhwal region of North West Himalaya, India (Publications)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: In a search for new plant-derived biologically active compounds against protozoan parasites, an ethnopharmacological study was carried out to evaluate extracts from sel
Effectiveness of dog rabies vaccination programmes: comparison of owner-charged and free vaccination campaigns (Publications)
We investigated the percentage of dogs that could be vaccinated against rabies by conducting a pilot campaign in N'Djamena, Chad. Owners were charged US$4.13 per dog vaccinated, and 24% of all dogs in
Comparative antimalarial activities of six pairs of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes (peroxide dimers) and 1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxonanes (peroxide trimers) (Publications)
Six tetraoxanes had 50% inhibitory concentrations in the range of 10 to 100 ng/ml against Plasmodium falciparum, whereas the corresponding hexaoxonanes had minimal antimalarial activity. The lack of i
Okundoperoxide, a bicyclic cyclofarnesylsesquiterpene endoperoxide from <em>Scleria striatinux</em> with antiplasmodial activity (Publications)
Okundoperoxide (1) was isolated by bioassay-guided fractionation of extracts from Scleria striatinux (syn. S. striatonux). The compound contains a cyclic endoperoxide structural moiety and possesses m
Prenatal exposure to a farm environment modifies atopic sensitization at birth (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous cross-sectional surveys have suggested that maternal exposure to animal sheds during pregnancy exerted a protective effect on atopic sensitization in children lasting until school