The PASTURE project: EU support for the improvement of knowledge about risk factors and preventive factors for atopy in Europe (Publications)
Since January 2002, the European Commission is funding a large project, Protection against Allergy - Study in Rural Environments (PASTURE; contract no. QLK4-2001-00250), under the Fifth Framework Prog
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of environmental management for malaria control (Publications)
Roll back malaria (RBM) aims at halving the current burden of the disease by the year 2010. The focus is on sub-Saharan Africa, and it is proposed to implement efficacious and cost-effective control s
Comparison of novel and existing tools for studying drug sensitivity against the hookworm <em>Ancylostoma ceylanicum in vitro</em> (Publications)
SUMMARYThe motility assay is the current gold standard for evaluating drug effects on hookworm larvae and adults, however, among other drawbacks the assay is time consuming, and prone to individual su
Community health outreach program of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project (Publications)
A critical appraisal has been presented of the CHOP for a large-scale energy infrastructure development project that was implemented in two of the world's poorest countries. The project is under close
First case of ivermectin-induced severe hepatitis (Publications)
Loiasis, caused by the filarial parasite Loa loa, is endemic in West and Central Africa. Ivermectin has been shown to be an effective treatment of loiasis. We report the case of a 20-year-old woman or
Self-reported TV and computer time do not represent accelerometer-derived total sedentary time in 10 to 12-year-olds (Publications)
Screen-time activities are often used as proxies for sedentary time. We studied associations of self-reported television (TV), computer and total screen-time with accelerometer-derived total sedentary
Preventive effect of artemether in experimental animals infected with <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> (Publications)
The effect of artemether, an antimalarial drug developed from the plant Artemisia annua, has been tested against the larval stages of Schistosoma mansoni covering the time from skin penetration to the
Characterization of the two major CYP450 metabolites of ozonide (1,2,4-trioxolane) OZ277 (Publications)
The antimalarial synthetic ozonide OZ277 (RBx11160) was hydroxylated by human liver microsomes at the distal bridgehead carbon atoms of the spiroadamantane substructure to form two carbinol metabolite