Antiprotozoal activity-based profiling of a dichloromethane extract from <em>Anthemis nobilis</em> flowers (Publications)
A dichlomethane extract of Anthemis nobilis flower cones showed promising in vitro antiprotozoal activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Leishmania donovani, with IC50 values of 1.43 +/- 0
Screening mammographies in Switzerland: what makes female and male physicians prescribe them? (Publications)
QUESTION UNDER STUDY: Physicians play a key role in motivating women to undergo mammography screening. In 1998 we assessed Swiss physicians' attitudes to mammography screening and their prescription b
Comparison of rapid methods for detection of <em>Giardia</em> spp. and <em>Cryptosporidium</em> spp. (Oo)cysts using transportable instrumentation in... (Publications)
Reliable, sensitive, quantitative, and mobile rapid screening methods for pathogenic organisms are not yet readily available, but would provide a great benefit to humanitarian intervention units in di
Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad (Publications)
Canine rabies, and thus human exposure to rabies, can be controlled through mass vaccination of the animal reservoir if dog owners are willing to cooperate. Inaccessible, ownerless dogs, however, redu
Chemotherapy for major food-borne trematodes: a review (Publications)
Food-borne trematode infections, caused by liver flukes (Clonorchis, Fasciola, Opisthorchis), lung flukes (Paragonimus) and intestinal flukes (Echinostoma, Fasciolopsis, heterophyids), are significant
The drugs we have and the drugs we need against major helminth infections (Publications)
Parasitic worms (helminths) have accompanied humans for thousands of years and, still today, they are pervasive where poverty persists, including large parts of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific
Effect of irrigated rice agriculture on Japanese encephalitis, including challenges and opportunities for integrated vector management (Publications)
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a disease caused by an arbovirus that is spread by marsh birds, amplified by pigs, and mainly transmitted by the bite of infected Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes. The
Activity of artemether and mefloquine against juvenile and adult <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in athymic and immunocompetent NMRI mice (Publications)
Immune effector mechanisms can enhance the activity of antischistosomal drugs. We examined the in vivo effect of single oral doses of the antimalarials artemether (400 mg/kg) and mefloquine (200 mg/kg