Is fever a good sign for clinical malaria in surveys of endemic communities? (Publications)
Although fever is the characteristic sign of clinical malaria, many Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in endemic areas do not present with measurable temperature elevations. In a field study in Tanz
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
Rapid appraisal of human intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren in Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Publications)
A population-representative lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren across Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan.
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,