Impact of home environment interventions on the risk of influenza-associated ARI in Andean children: observations from a prospective household-based... (Publications)
BACKGROUND:The Respiratory Infections in Andean Peruvian Children (RESPIRA-PERU) study enrolled children who participated in a community-cluster randomized trial of improved stoves, solar water disinf
Accuracy of the Kato-Katz method and formalin-ether concentration technique for the diagnosis of <em>Clonorchis sinensis</em>, and implication for... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Clonorchiasis is a chronic neglected disease caused by a liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis. Chemotherapy is the mainstay of control and treatment efficacy is usually determined by microscop
Microscopic and flow cytophotometric analysis of parasitemia in cultures of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> vitally stained with Hoechst... (Publications)
Conditions for rapid vital staining of Plasmodium falciparum infected human erythrocytes were 1 microgram/ml of the dye Hoechst 33342 for 15 min in the standard culture medium at 37 degrees C. Fixed a
Selektionierung von chloroquinresistenten <em>Plasmodium-falciparum</em>-Stämmen bei Touristen unter Chemoprophylaxe (Publications)
In a prospective study 20 P. falciparum isolates imported from Africa by non-immune tourists were investigated for chloroquine sensitivity using the in vitro microtest and the results were compared wi
Leucopenia and abnormal liver function in travellers on malaria chemoprophylaxis (Publications)
Of 2887 travellers between the years 1984-1985, 451 on prophylactic antimalarials were studied retrospectively for adverse haematological or hepatic drug reactions and compared to 296 drug non-users.
Differential infectivity of Plasmodium for mosquitoes (Publications)
The four human malarias - Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariaecan - canonly be transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, although not all species (nor all strains) of thes
Semi-field evaluation of the exposure-free mosquito electrocuting trap and BG-Sentinel trap as an alternative to the human landing catch for measuring... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The human landing catch (HLC) measures human exposure to mosquito bites and evaluates the efficacy of vector control tools. However, it may expose volunteers to potentially infected mosqui
Impact of the diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF on patient outcomes for tuberculosis (Review) (Publications)
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Xpert MTB/RIF in place of smear microscopy to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), and many countries have adopted it into their diagnostic algorithms.