The burden of asthma in children: a European perspective (Publications)
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, imposing a huge burden on the patient, their family and society. It is a worldwide disease with variable expression between countries and betwee
The economic cost to households of childhood malaria in Papua New Guinea: a focus on intra-country variation (Publications)
BACKGROUND We compare direct and indirect household costs associated with malaria treatment for children
Effectiveness of artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>P. falciparum</em> malaria in young... (Publications)
Background. Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is recommended as treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria, while chloroquine is still widely used for non-Pf infections. A comm
<em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>: morphological and behavioral investigation within the freshwater snail <em>Pomacea canaliculata</em> (Publications)
An infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main causative agent for human eosinophilic encephalitis, can be acquired through the consumption of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata. This
<em>In vitro</em> and in vivo evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of fractions of Holarrhena africana (Publications)
The aqueous extract of young leaves of Holarrhena africana, a plant used in the Nigerian traditional medicine, exhibited good activity against Trypanosoma brucei spp. The extract was fractionated and
HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population: an immunological profile (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accel