Amino acid dimorphism and parasite immune evasion: cellular immune responses to a promiscuous epitope of<em> Plasmodium falciparum</em> merozoite... (Publications)
Like most other surface-exposed antigens of Plasmodium falciparum, the leading malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1 contains a large number of dimorphic amino acid positions. Th
<em>Ancylostoma caninum</em>: calibration and comparison of diagnostic accuracy of flotation in tube, McMaster and FLOTAC in faecal samples of dogs (Publications)
We performed a calibration of flotation in tube, McMaster and FLOTAC to determine the optimal flotation solution (FS) and the influence of faecal preservation for the diagnosis of Ancylostoma caninum
Quantifying nonvertical inheritance in the evolution of <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> (Publications)
The exchange of genetic material among bacterial strains and species is recognized as an important factor determining their evolutionary, population genetic, and epidemiological features. We present a
Tuberculosis in Salvador, Brazil: costs to health system and families (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is one the greatest causes of mortality worldwide, but its economic effects are not well known. This study had the objective of estimating the costs to the public and private h
<em>In vivo</em> and <em>in vitro</em> sensitivity of <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> to combinations of triclabendazole and artesunate, artemether or OZ78 (Publications)
Triclabendazole resistance is continually documented from livestock and hence new treatment strategies for F. hepatica infections are needed. We investigated the effect of combinations with triclabend
Time-activity relationships to VOC personal exposure factors (Publications)
Social and demographic factors have been found to play a significant role in differences between time-activity patterns of population subgroups. Since time-activity patterns largely influence personal