Intraspecific competition between co-infecting parasite strains enhances host survival in African trypanosomes (Publications)
It is becoming increasingly clear that under natural conditions parasitic infections commonly consist of co-infections with multiple conspecific strains. Multiple-strain infections lead to intraspecif
Prevalence and implications of multiple-strain infections (Publications)
Infections frequently contain multiple strains (genotypes) of the same pathogen, yet they are still usually treated as uniform entities. In this Review, we discuss problems with inconsistent definitio
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
Predictors and overestimation of recalled mobile phone use among children and adolescents (Publications)
A growing body of literature addresses possible health effects of mobile phone use in children and adolescents by relying on the study participants' retrospective reconstruction of mobile phone use. I
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
A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya (Publications)
Bovine cysticercosis is a zoonosis that is mainly of socioeconomic and public health importance. A survey of this disease was carried out in Northern Turkana District, Kenya to estimate the prevalence
Risk factors for helminth infections in a rural and a peri-urban setting of the Dongting Lake area, People's Republic of China (Publications)
Schistosomiasis japonica and soil-transmitted helminthiasis are endemic parasitic diseases in the People's Republic of China (PR China). As very few studies have reported on the distribution and inter
Molecular modeling study and synthesis of novel dicationic flexible triaryl guanidines and imidamides as antiprotozoal agents (Publications)
A new series of fourteen dicationic flexible triaryl bis-guanidines 3a,b, bis-N-substituted guanidines 7a,b and 8a,b as well as bis-imidamides 9-12a,b having a 1,3- or 1,4-diphenoxybenzene scaffold ba
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Switzerland. Data for 1984 and comparison with 1974 (Publications)
In a retrospective study (questionnaire) covering all the neonatal special care units of Switzerland, information was obtained on, the problem cases in 84% of all babies born in 1984. 8.3% were hospit