Exposure to pets, and the association with hay fever, asthma, and atopic sensitization in rural children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies report pet exposure to be associated with lower risk of asthma and allergies. This 'protective pet effect' has been suggested to result from a modified T-he
The value of [18F]FDG-PET in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of activity and extent of disease (Publications)
PURPOSE: This study was performed to investigate the value of( 18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([(18)F]FDG-PET) in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of a
<em>Schistosoma japonicum</em>: in vitro effects of artemether combined with haemin depend on cultivation media and appraisal of artemether products... (Publications)
We recently found that the exposure of schistosomes in vitro to artemether plus haemin can lead to parasite death, while exposure to each compound singly had no effect. Since these observations might
An approach to classifying human resources constraints to attaining health-related Millennium Development Goals (Publications)
BACKGROUND: For any wide-ranging effort to scale up health-related priority interventions, human resources for health (HRH) are likely to be a key to success. This study explores constraints related t