Factors determining household expenditure for tuberculosis and coping strategies in Tajikistan (Publications)
Objective: To investigate factors influencing expenditure levels and the use of potentially detrimental coping strategies among tuberculosis (TB) patients. For the purpose of the present study, potent
Antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and cytotoxic potential of twenty-three British and Irish red algae (Publications)
As part of our continuing research on seaweeds, we have screened the crude extracts of 23 red marine algae collected from England and Ireland. The clinically important blood-stage life forms of Trypan
Morbidity due to <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with... (Publications)
The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and distribution of distended abdomens among Ugandan school children across a range of eco-epidemiological settings and to investigate the
Yucatec Mayan medicinal plants: evaluation based on indigenous uses (Publications)
As part of an ethnopharmacological field study 48 medicinal plants were evaluated using several biological assays with the goal to obtain information on the pharmacological effects of these plants, wh
Hepatic fascioliasis: report of two cases (Publications)
Two cases of hepatic fascioliasis with characteristic features in US examinations and CT scans are presented. In both modalities they show tunnel-like branching and clustered areas of low echogenicity
Synthesis, DNA binding and antileishmanial activity of low molecular weight bis-arylimidamides (Publications)
The effects of reducing the molecular weight of the antileishmanial compound DB766 on DNA binding affinity, antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity are reported. The bis-arylimidamides were prepared
Comparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth <em>via</em> an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province,... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health, as well as a product of health status. Within the People's Repub