Antiprotozoal activities of epimeric aminobicycles (Publications)
We synthesized several 4-aminobicyclo[2.2.2] octan-2-ols and 4-amino-2-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes from epimerized 4-amino-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ones. The new compounds were tested for their activity aga
Acute hepatitis A in a young returning traveler from Kenya despite immunization before departure (Publications)
Aluminum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccines are known to be highly efficient. We present here the case of a patient who was immunized against hepatitis A before leaving for Kenya and who contracted an acut
Asthma score: predictive ability and risk factors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Definition of asthma as a continuous score is a promising tool for population studies that has not yet been fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE: We assessed (i) the predictive ability of an asthma
Exposure to a farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on T(H)2-dependent isotype switching in response to common inhalants (Publications)
BACKGROUND: IgE synthesis by human B cells results from allergen-dependent, T(H)2-mediated isotype switching. Exposure to a farming environment protects against IgE responses. OBJECTIVE: We reconstruc
Structural and functional characterisation of the toll like receptor 9 of <em>Aotus nancymaae</em>, a non-human primate model for malaria vaccine... (Publications)
In the absence of suitable rodent animal models for Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the efficacy testing of asexual blood-stage vaccine candidates in Aotus nancymaae represents a tool to select between
Micro-scale investigation of intestinal schistosomiasis transmission on Ngamba and Kimi islands, Lake Victoria, Uganda (Publications)
A study to investigate the effect of environmental predictors on abundance of Biomphalaria, the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni, was carried out on two small islands in Lake Victoria,